Ysgol Maes Garmon

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Maes Garmon is a designated Welsh-medium secondary school for pupils from 11 to 18 years old.

The school was last inspected in January 2013. In November 2016, the school became part of the formal £Cwlwm£ federation with Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Mornant, under one operational headteacher and one governing body. However, in September 2018, the role of operational headteacher of the federation was abolished and there was a return to the system of two separate headteachers within the federation arrangement.

Ysgol Gynradd Mornant now has an acting headteacher, and the headteacher of Ysgol Maes Garmon has been in post since 2010. There is also one deputy headteacher, three assistant headteachers and an additional learning nee...ds co-ordinator on Ysgol Maes Garmon's senior leadership team. The school is situated in Mold and is maintained by Flintshire local authority.

The school serves towns and villages across Flintshire. Ten point four per cent (10.4%) of pupils live in the 20% most disadvantaged areas in Wales.

There are 532 pupils on roll, including 67 in the sixth form. This is fewer than at the time of the last inspection, when there were 558 pupils, including 105 in the sixth form. Eight point eight per cent (8.

8%) of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is lower than the national percentage for secondary schools of 16.4%. Fourteen point eight per cent (14.

8%) of pupils are on the school's special educational needs register, which is lower than the national percentage of 22.5%. Two point four per cent (2.

4%) of pupils have a statement of special educational needs, which is similar to the national figure of 2.2%. Twenty six per cent (26%) of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes and 97% speak fluent Welsh.

The school has £immersion£ provision for a group of pupils in Years 7 and 8 who have transferred from English-medium primary schools, to enable them to be taught through the medium of Welsh in the main stream. Very few pupils come from ethnic minority backgrounds. No pupils speak English as an additional language.