Brecon High School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Brecon High School is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive English-medium school with a very small Welsh first language stream. It is situated on the Penlan campus within the town of Brecon. Pupils come from the town of Brecon and the surrounding rural area.

There are 478 pupils on roll which is very slightly more than at the time of the last inspection although the number in the sixth form has fallen considerably to 53. Less than 8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is well below the national average of 16.4%.

Less than 1% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales. About 16% of pupils have a special educational need, which is well below the national average of 22.9%.

In addition, less than ...1% of pupils have a statement of special educational needs, which is also lower than the national average of 2.2%. The school has an autistic spectrum disorder centre on site.

and just over 8% have English as an additional language. The headteacher took up his post in November 2014. The senior leadership team consists of the headteacher a deputy headteacher, one assistant headteacher and a business manager.

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