Pentrehafod School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Pentrehafod School is an 11-16 English-medium mixed comprehensive school serving the eastern side of Swansea. The school's population has increased gradually over the last few years and there are currently 1,035 pupils on roll.

This is similar to the time of the last inspection. The school is a lead school in an initial teacher training education partnership. Around 29% of pupils are eligible for free school meals.

This is significantly above the national average of 16.4% for secondary schools in Wales. Around 34% of pupils are on the special educational needs register, of whom 5% have statements of special educational needs.

Both of these figures are much higher than the national averages of approximately 23% and... 2% respectively. A very few pupils speak Welsh at home. Around 84% of pupils are from a White British ethnic background.

Around 15% of learners speak English as an additional language. The school has a special teaching facility catering for pupils with speech, language and communication needs. The senior leadership team consists of the headteacher, who took up post in September 2016, a deputy headteacher, two assistant headteachers and a school business and finance director.