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Risca Community Comprehensive
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Pontymason Lane, Rogerstone, Newport NP11 6YY · 01633 612425
On the mapSearch near NP11 6YY
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected September 2022
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 618
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 22.3%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 10.9%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 2.8%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 7.2%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 343.2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 343.2 | 354.3 | 369.8 | ||
| 42.0 | 38.6 | 39.9 | ||
| 35.4 | 36.0 | 38.2 | ||
| 36.4 | 35.8 | 37.8 | ||
| 38.3 | 29.0 | 38.5 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in September 2022. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · September 2022
- Strengthen self-evaluation processes so that leaders at all levels have an accurate view of the school's areas for development and can plan for improvement… Full report
- Improve the effectiveness of teaching to provide sufficient challenge and ensure progression
- Develop cohesive provision for the development of pupils' skills across the curriculum, particularly their literacy and numeracy skills
- Strengthen provision to improve pupils' attitudes to learning and attendance
- Address the health and safety issues identified during the inspection
All reports
- Aug 2025Monitoring visit
- Dec 2023Monitoring visit
- Sept 2022Inspection reportLast full
- Sept 2022Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2016Monitoring visit
- Mar 2014Inspection report