Ysgol Dyffryn Aman

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About Ysgol Dyffryn Aman


Name Ysgol Dyffryn Aman
Estyn Inspection Rating (Standards and Progress) Good
Address Margaret Street, Ammanford, SA18 2NW
Phone Number 01269 592441
Phase Secondary (ages 11-19)
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 1480 (52.9% boys 47.1% girls)
Number of Pupils per Teacher 16.7
Local Authority Carmarthenshire
Highlights from Latest Inspection

Ysgol Dyffryn Aman is a bilingual school that is maintained by Carmarthenshire local authority. There are 1,436 pupils on roll, 267 of whom are in the sixth form. These figures are slightly lower than at the time of the last core inspection in October 2012, when there were 1,577 pupils on roll.

The school is situated in Ammanford at the foot of the Black Mountain. Around half of pupils come from the town itself, and the other half from the surrounding rural area and nearby villages. The proportion of pupils who are eligible for free school meals is 18.

9%, which is a little higher than the average across Wales of 16.4%. Almost a third of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes.

Around 47% of pupils speak Welsh fluen...tly and a little over half study Welsh as their first language. Nearly 6% of pupils have a statement of special educational needs, compared with 2.2% across Wales.

Nearly 30% of pupils have special educational needs. This figure is higher than the national average of 22.9%.

The school has a specialist teaching facility for 29 pupils with profound and complex learning needs. The headteacher and one deputy headteacher were appointed in September 2017. The senior leadership team includes the headteacher, two deputy headteachers, three assistant headteachers, two senior teachers and the special educational needs co-ordinator.


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