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Cyfarthfa High School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Cae Mari Dwn, Queen's Road, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 0LS · cyfarthfahigh.merthyr.sch.uk · 01685 725222
On the mapSearch near CF47 0LS
Overview
- Estyn
- Special Measures
- Follow-up category · last inspected May 2024
- Pupils
- 785
- Local authority
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 18.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 4%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 2.3%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 8.3%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 388.7 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 388.7 | 354.3 | 367.1 | ||
| 40.8 | 38.6 | 39.1 | ||
| 35.1 | 36.0 | 36.8 | ||
| 36.3 | 35.8 | 35.6 | ||
| 43.6 | 29.0 | 27.5 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: special measures. Its last full inspection was in May 2024. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Special MeasuresEstyn page
Recommendations · May 2024
- Ensure the leadership structure is equitable and has clear roles, responsibilities and lines of accountability
- Sharpen self-evaluation and improvement planning to focus precisely on the most important aspects of provision that need to improve
- Address weaknesses in teaching so that it impacts positively on pupils' progress in lessons and over time
- Strengthen provision for and coordination of the progressive development of pupils' literacy, numeracy and digital skills
- Improve pupils' attendance
- Address the health and safety issues identified during the inspection
All reports
- May 2024Inspection reportLast full
- May 2024Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2016Monitoring visit
- Mar 2016Inspection report