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The Lewis School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Gilfach, Bargoed CF81 8LJ · 01443 873873
On the mapSearch near CF81 8LJ
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected April 2025
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 645
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 22.5%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 5.1%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 0.6%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 5.5%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 367.2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 367.2 | 354.3 | 367.1 | ||
| 36.2 | 38.6 | 39.1 | ||
| 34.8 | 36.0 | 36.8 | ||
| 34.7 | 35.8 | 35.6 | ||
| 39.3 | 29.0 | 27.5 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in April 2025. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · April 2025
- Improve teaching and provide strategic support for teachers around behaviour
- Refine self-evaluation activities so that they focus precisely on pupils' learning and skills
- Improve the provision to develop pupils' Welsh language skills
- Strengthen the structures and effectiveness of governance
All reports
- Apr 2025Inspection reportLast full
- Apr 2025Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2019Outcome of Estyn review
Jan 2018Inspection report6 recommendations
- Improve standards at key stage 4 for all pupils
- Improve pupils' behaviour and attendance
- Improve the quality of teaching and provision for the progressive development of pupils' skills, including Welsh language skills
- Increase the effectiveness and accountability of leaders at all levels
- Increase the rigor of self-evaluation and precision of improvement planning
- Provide a daily act of collective worship
- Feb 2012Inspection report