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Blackwood Comprehensive School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Ty Isha Terrace, Cen Fforest, Blackwood NP12 1ER · 01495 225566
On the mapSearch near NP12 1ER
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected May 2023
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 957
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 22.1%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 3.7%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 2.5%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 6.8%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 345.1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 345.1 | 354.3 | 355.1 | ||
| 38.3 | 38.6 | 38.4 | ||
| 35.9 | 36.0 | 35.7 | ||
| 33.3 | 35.8 | 34.9 | ||
| 40.7 | 29.0 | 27.5 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in May 2023. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · May 2023
- Improve attendance, especially that of pupils eligible for free school meals
- Strengthen the role of governors as critical friends of the school
All reports
- Mar 2025Interim visit letter
- May 2023Inspection reportLast full
- May 2023Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2017Outcome of Estyn review
- Nov 2015Inspection report