St Cenydd School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

St Cenydd School is an English-medium 11-19 comprehensive school, maintained by Caerphilly County Borough Council. It serves the town and the surrounding area and there are currently 1,043 pupils on roll.

The school hosts a local authority specialist resource base catering for pupils with significant sensory learning difficulties and complex physical and medical special needs. It also hosts a satellite class from a nearby special school. The school was last inspected in 2013.

Around 24.0% of the pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average of 16.4%.

Around 40% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales. Very few pupils represent a range of ethnic minority groups. Nearl...y all pupils speak English as their first language and no pupils speak Welsh at home.

The school receives pupils from the full ability range. The percentage of pupils with special educational needs is around 32%, well above the national average of 23%. The percentage of pupils who have a statement of special educational need is around 4%, almost double the national average of 2.

2%. The current headteacher took up post in April 2014. The senior leadership team consists of the headteacher, one deputy headteacher, four assistant headteachers and the business manager.

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