Llanidloes High School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Llanidloes High School is an 11 to 18 mixed, community school maintained by Powys local authority. It is an English-medium school with significant Welsh provision.

The school is situated in the small town of Llanidloes and serves a large, mainly rural, catchment area. The school shares its campus with a primary school. The Autistic Spectrum Disorder centre for North Powys is located at the school.

There are 529 pupils on roll with 72 in the sixth form. At the time of the last inspection, there were 787 pupils on roll with 123 in the sixth form. Around 12.

5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. This is below the average of 17.4% for Wales.

No pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales. A...round 15% of pupils are on the school's additional needs register, which is below the national average of 25.4%.

Around 3% of pupils have a statement of special educational needs, which is slightly above the national average. Ninety-nine per cent of pupils are White British. Twelve per cent of pupils are fluent in Welsh and around 4% of pupils speak Welsh at home.

Less than 1% of pupils have a language other than English as their first language. The headteacher has been in post since January 2016. The senior management team consists of the headteacher, a deputy headteacher and two assistant headteachers.

The school budget per pupil for Llanidloes High School in 2015-2016 is £4,343. The maximum per pupil in secondary schools in Powys is £4,565 and the minimum is £3,778. Llanidloes High School is fourth out of the 11 secondary schools in terms of the school budget per pupil.

1 A report on Llanidloes High School April 2016

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