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Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr
Secondary · Ages 11–19 · Secondary school
Waterhall Road, Fairwater, Cardiff CF5 3PZ · plasmawr.cardiff.sch.uk · 029 2040 5499
Overview
- Estyn
- Inspected January 2023
- Last full inspection · not in a follow-up category
- Pupils
- 1,181
- Local authority
- Cardiff
- Language
- Welsh medium
- School language category, Welsh Government
- Governance
- Community
- Welsh Government address list
- Free school meals
- 13.6%
- 3-year average · StatsWales 2025/26
- Learning needs
- 7.8%
- Additional learning needs · StatsWales 2025/26
- Still learning English
- 0%
- Not yet confident · StatsWales 2025/26
- Minority ethnic
- 10.8%
- StatsWales 2025/26
From the Welsh Government’s address list of schools, DataMapWales and StatsWales.
Results
Capped 9 points score, 2024/25: 371.9 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 371.9 | 354.3 | 366.3 | ||
| 44.1 | 38.6 | 41.9 | ||
| 38.2 | 36.0 | 36.4 | ||
| 37.4 | 35.8 | 37.0 | ||
| 37.8 | 29.0 | 38.0 |
Estyn
Estyn inspects schools in Wales. Its follow-up category: not in follow-up. Its last full inspection was in January 2023. Estyn’s reports have given no judgements since 2022.
Recommendations · January 2023
- Improve the quality of leadership in specific areas and ensure that leaders and staff are held accountable for their work.
- Strengthen self-evaluation processes and ensure that provision is evaluated according to its effect on learning.
- Improve the quality of teaching and feedback where they are not effective enough.
- Strengthen provision to develop pupils' skills progressively.
- Address the health and safety issues that were raised during the inspection.
All reports
- Jul 2026Report
- Jul 2024Outcome of Estyn review
- Jan 2023Inspection reportLast full
- Jan 2023Summary for parents and carers
- Nov 2016Monitoring visit
- Sept 2014Inspection report