Crickhowell High School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Crickhowell High School is an English-medium 11-18 school maintained by Powys local authority. Pupils come from the town of Crickhowell, the surrounding villages and the rural community. A significant number choose to come across the border from Monmouthshire and Blaenau Gwent.

There are currently 882 pupils on roll, including 193 in the sixth form. Around 7.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is well below the Welsh average of 17% for secondary schools.

Around 2% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales. Around 18% of pupils have a special educational need. Of these around 1% have statements of special educational needs.

Both are lower than the average figures for Wales as a whole..., which are 21.5% and 2% respectively. Around 96% of pupils are from a white, British background.

A very small proportion of pupils are learning English as an additional language. A very few pupils are fluent Welsh speakers. The headteacher has been in post since 2010.

The leadership team consists of the headteacher, two deputy headteachers, and one assistant headteacher. The school was last inspected in September 2012. The school is currently a pioneer school and is working with the Welsh Government and other schools to take forward developments relating to the curriculum and professional learning.