Porthcawl Comprehensive School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Porthcawl Comprehensive School is an English-medium 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive school located in the seaside town of Porthcawl. The school serves the community of Porthcawl and its surrounding villages. The number of pupils on roll is 1,221 which includes 229 in the sixth form.

This is lower than at the time of the last inspection. The school is currently working with the Welsh Government and other schools to take forward developments relating to education reform in Wales. Around 8.

5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is lower than the national average of 16.4% for secondary schools in Wales. Around 9% of pupils are on the special educational needs register, of whom less than 1% have statements of spec...ial educational needs.

Both these figures are much lower than the national averages of approximately 23% and 2% respectively. A very few pupils speak Welsh at home. Around 93% of pupils are from a White British ethnic background.

Around 3% of learners speak English as an additional language. The headteacher has been in post since 2013. He is supported by two deputy headteachers, one assistant headteacher, a director of studies and a director of progress.