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Pen-Y-Dre High School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Gurnos Estate, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 9BY · penydre.merthyr.sch.uk · 01685 351845
On the mapSearch near CF47 9BY
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected January 2024
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 893
- Local authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 32.8%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 14.7%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.5%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 8.6%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 367.3 (Wales: 354.3).
Welsh Government’s interim Key Stage 4 measures for Year 11 (points scores), from My Local School, and never set beside England’s.
Capped 9
| 2024/25 · points | Trend | School | Wales | Similar schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 367.3 | 354.3 | 332.9 | ||
| 35.2 | 38.6 | 35.0 | ||
| 30.4 | 36.0 | 31.8 | ||
| 32.5 | 35.8 | 31.0 | ||
| 36.7 | 29.0 | 28.2 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in January 2024. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · January 2024
- Improve pupils' attendance – especially of those persistently absent from school
- Address the shortcomings in teaching identified in this report
- Improve pupils' literacy and numeracy skills by strengthening the planning for the progressive development of these skills across the curriculum
- Strengthen self-evaluation and improvement planning processes
All reports
- Jan 2024Inspection reportLast full
- Jan 2024Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2016Monitoring visit
- Nov 2015Inspection report