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West Monmouth School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Blaendare Road, Pontypool, Torfaen NP4 5YG · westmonmouthschool.com · 01495 762080
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected May 2024
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 1,149
- Local authority
- Torfaen
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 9%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 0.7%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 7.4%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 380.0 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 380.0 | 354.3 | 354.3 | ||
| 38.7 | 38.6 | 36.6 | ||
| 36.1 | 36.0 | 34.6 | ||
| 36.3 | 35.8 | 35.0 | ||
| 40.1 | 29.0 | 34.3 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in May 2024. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · May 2024
- Ensure that all teaching consistently challenges pupils of all abilities to make progress and develop their independence in learning
- Strengthen provision for the progressive development of pupils' skills across the curriculum
- Ensure that self-evaluation processes are consistently robust and accurate, and that leaders plan for improvement precisely
All reports
- Oct 2025Interim visit letter
- May 2024Inspection reportLast full
- May 2024Summary for parents and carers
- Apr 2019Outcome of Estyn review
- Mar 2016Inspection report