Ysgol Ardudwy

Overview

Ysgol Ardudwy is described as a “close and caring community” with a “nurturing and supportive ethos” where most pupils feel safe and behave well. However, the report judges standards and leadership as “Unsatisfactory and needs urgent improvement” due to weak teaching, poor literacy provision, and declining Key Stage 4 performance. Consequently, the school has been placed in special measures.

Strengths

• The school fosters high levels of wellbeing, with most pupils being polite, respectful, and feeling safe.
• Staff know pupils well and maintain constructive relationships, contributing to a supportive environment.
• Attendance has improved and compares favourably with similar schools.
• Provision for additional learning needs is appropriate, with good use of support staff.
• Pupils make valuable contributions to the community and have influence over school life through councils.

Areas to improve

• Improve standards in Key Stage 4, particularly in Welsh, English, and mathematics.
• Improve the quality of teaching, assessment, and the provision to develop pupils’ literacy skills.
• Improve the quality and effect of leadership at all levels and the use of self-evaluation.

Safeguarding

The report states that the school’s arrangements for safeguarding pupils “meet requirements and are not a cause for concern.”