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Bedwas High School
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Newport Road, Bedwas, Caerphilly CF83 8BJ · bedwashigh.org · 029 2085 9800
On the mapSearch near CF83 8BJ
Overview
- Estyn
- Significant Improvement
- Follow-up category · last inspected March 2026
- Pupils
- 666
- Local authority
- Caerphilly
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 28.5%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 6.2%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- Too few to publish
- StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 5.2%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 343.6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 343.6 | 354.3 | 355.7 | ||
| 36.3 | 38.6 | 37.1 | ||
| 34.7 | 36.0 | 34.5 | ||
| 37.8 | 35.8 | 35.3 | ||
| 0.0 | 29.0 | 20.0 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: significant improvement. Its last full inspection was in March 2026. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Significant ImprovementEstyn page
Recommendations · March 2026
- Improve the quality of teaching to enable pupils of all abilities to make good progress
- Review the roles and responsibilities of senior leaders to enable them to provide the necessary strategic direction
- Strengthen arrangements for self-evaluation, improvement planning, professional learning and line management of senior and middle leaders
- Strengthen the provision for and the coordination of the progressive development of pupils' reading, writing and numeracy skills
- Ensure governors fulfil their roles fully and are able to challenge and support senior leaders in improving important aspects of the school's work
- Work closely with the local authority to provide robust financial management
All reports
- Mar 2026Inspection reportLast full
- Mar 2026Summary for parents and carers
- Mar 2019Monitoring visit
May 2017Inspection report5 recommendations
- Improve standards at key stage 4
- Improve the quality of teaching and assessment
- Improve the quality and impact of leadership at all levels
- Improve the rigour and accuracy of self-evaluation and the precision of improvement planning at all levels
- Provide robust financial management to eliminate the budget deficit
- Nov 2014Monitoring visit
- Apr 2013Inspection report