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Cwmbran High School
Secondary · Ages 11–16 · Secondary school
Ty Gwyn Way, Fairwater, Cwmbran NP44 4YZ · cwmbranhighschool.co.uk · 01633 643950
On the mapSearch near NP44 4YZ
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected December 2015
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 1,145
- Local authority
- Torfaen
- Language
- English medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 27.6%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 11%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 1.2%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 6.2%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 332.0 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 332.0 | 354.3 | 355.7 | ||
| 34.4 | 38.6 | 37.1 | ||
| 30.1 | 36.0 | 34.5 | ||
| 35.5 | 35.8 | 35.3 | ||
| 23.6 | 29.0 | 20.0 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in December 2015. That was before Estyn stopped grading in 2022, and the report judged: Current performance adequate; Prospects for improvement adequate; Key Question 1: How good are outcomes? adequate; Key Question 2: How good is provision? adequate; Key Question 3: How good are leadership and management? adequate.
Judgements · 2010 framework
| Current performance | Adequate |
|---|---|
| Prospects for improvement | Adequate |
| Key Question 1: How good are outcomes? | Adequate |
| Key Question 2: How good is provision? | Adequate |
| Key Question 3: How good are leadership and management? | Adequate |
Recommendations · December 2015
- Improve the standard of pupils' skills, particularly their writing, and numeracy
- Improve the behaviour and disrespectful attitudes of a few pupils in a minority of lessons
- Ensure that the literacy and numeracy framework is implemented fully
- Address the shortcomings in teaching to ensure that pupils make good progress in all lessons
- Improve the consistency in the work of middle managers, particularly in planning for improvement
All reports
- Apr 2025Monitoring visit
- Feb 2024Monitoring visit
- Oct 2018Monitoring visit
- Jun 2017Monitoring visit
- Dec 2015Inspection reportLast full