Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig is a bilingual, community comprehensive school for pupils and students between 11 and 18 years old, which is maintained by Ceredigion local authority.

The school is situated in a fairly new building (opened in January 2001) on a site in Llangawsai near Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth. There are 591 pupils between 11 and 18 years old on roll, of which 122 are 16-18 year old students. Pupils come from a variety of economic, social and linguistic backgrounds.

The school's catchment area includes the town of Aberystwyth and the rural area beyond the town. Five point four per cent (5.4%) of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is significantly lower than the national percentage of 17.

1%.... None of the school's pupils live in the 20% most disadvantaged areas in Wales. All pupils are able to speak Welsh fluently.

Most have received their primary education through the medium of Welsh, while the remainder have received bilingual education. No pupils receive support to learn English as an additional language. Nearly all pupils and students belong to the white ethnic group.

Sixty-nine per cent (69%) of pupils speak Welsh at home. One pupil is looked after by the local authority. The school admits pupils from the full range of ability.

One per cent (1%) of pupils have a statement of special educational needs, which is below the national average of 2.5%. Twenty two per cent (22%) of pupils are on the school's additional learning needs register.

The membership of the senior management team has remained fairly stable since the last inspection. The current headteacher began in post in January 2010. One deputy headteacher was appointed to the post in 2009, and the other deputy headteacher was appointed two years ago.

The individual school budget per pupil for Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig in 2016-2017 is £4,819. The maximum per pupil in secondary schools in Ceredigion is £5,455 and the minimum is £4,425. Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig is in third place of the five secondary schools in Ceredigion in terms of the school budget per pupil.