Ysgol Dinas Bran

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Dinas Brân is a bilingual, 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive school. It is located in the town of Llangollen and serves the town and surrounding areas.

The school is maintained by Denbighshire local authority but around 70% of pupils come from regions within Wrexham local authority and a few pupils come from two other neighbouring local authorities. There are 1,062 pupils on roll, including 135 pupils in the sixth form. This is higher than at the time of the last inspection when there were 984 pupils, including 210 in the sixth form.

Around 12.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is lower than the national average of 16.4% for secondary schools.

Around 6.6% of pupils live in the 20% most deprive...d areas in Wales. Nearly all pupils are white, British and 1.

2% of pupils speak English as an additional language compared to the Wales average of 3.0%. Currently, around 26% of pupils are on the special educational needs register, which is higher than the national average of 22.

9% for secondary schools. Just over 1% of pupils has a statement of special educational needs; this is lower than the national average of 2.4%.

This school is a Curriculum for Wales pioneer school for the expressive arts. The headteacher has been in post since September 2018. The senior leadership team consists of two deputy headteachers, one assistant headteacher and an acting assistant headteacher.