Bryntirion Comprehensive School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Bryntirion Comprehensive School is an English-medium 11-18 mixed comprehensive school maintained by Bridgend local authority. There are 1,121 pupils on roll, including 177 in the sixth form. At the time of the last inspection there were 1,068 pupils on roll of which 184 were in the sixth form.

Most pupils come from the Bryntirion, Broadlands, Cefn Glas, Laleston and Penyfai areas of Bridgend. Around 13.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals which is below the national average of 17.

1%. Around 12% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales. Most pupils are from a white British background.

A very few pupils are from other ethnic groups and around 1.4% of pupils speak English as an additional la...nguage. Very few pupils are fluent Welsh speakers.

Approximately 19% of pupils have special educational needs; this is lower than the national average of 25.1%. The percentage of pupils who have a statement of special educational need is 1.

1% and is also lower than the national average of 2.4%. There is a communication resource base for pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder attached to the school.

Pupils who attend the resource base are included within the school roll and fully integrated into the life of the school. The current headteacher took up his post in September 2013. The senior leadership team also includes two deputy headteachers, three assistant headteachers, a business manager and a seconded associate assistant headteacher.

The individual school budget per pupil for Bryntirion Comprehensive in 2016-2017 is £4,267 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the secondary schools in Bridgend is £5,175 and the minimum is £4,055. Bryntirion Comprehensive is sixth out of the nine secondary schools in Bridgend in terms of its school budget per pupil.