Treorchy Comprehensive School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Treorchy Comprehensive School is an 11 to 18 mixed, community school maintained by Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council. It is an English medium school with significant Welsh provision. The school enables pupils from Welsh language primary schools to continue to study around half their subjects through the medium of Welsh at key stage 3.

There are 1,630 pupils on roll with 363 in the sixth form. At the time of the last inspection, there were 1,580 pupils on roll with 364 in the sixth form. Pupils come from the town of Treorchy and the surrounding valleys.

Around 23.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. This is above the average of 17.

4% for Wales. The percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals ha...s been around this figure for the last three years. Around 41% pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales.

Twenty-four per cent of pupils are on the school's additional needs register, which is close to the national average of 25.4%. Less than 1% of pupils have a statement of special educational needs, which is below the national average.

Ninety-eight per cent of pupils are from a white British background. Ten per cent of pupils are fluent in Welsh and 39% can speak Welsh, but not fluently. Around 8% 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 2011. The senior management team consists of the headteacher, three deputy headteachers and three assistant headteachers.

The school budget per pupil for Treorchy Comprehensive School in 2015-2016 is £4,099. The maximum per pupil in secondary schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf is £4,982 and the minimum is £3,886. Treorchy Comprehensive School is 13th out of the 16 secondary schools in terms of the school budget per pupil.

1 A report on Treorchy Comprehensive School March 2016