Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe

Overview

Ysgol Gyfun Bryn Tawe is described as an “open, energetic community” where pupils’ wellbeing is central. The report highlights “close-knit, constructive relationships” and notes that pupils make “strong progress overall” while developing as “active, responsible and polite citizens.”

Strengths

• Pupils’ “wellbeing and attitudes to learning” are rated Excellent, with an “exceptional feature” being their contribution to school life and influence on decisions.
• “Care, support and guidance” are rated Excellent, featuring “comprehensive and exceptional support” for emotional, health, and social needs.
• Pupils’ reading skills are a “prominent strength,” with most reading confidently and using strategies such as annotating.
• The school is a “curriculum pioneer school,” implementing creative approaches and working closely with partner primary schools.
• Leaders “work together effectively” and convey “obvious ambition” for the school’s work.

Areas to improve

• Improve the achievement of pupils in key stage 4, especially in mathematics and science, and the achievement of more able pupils.
• Improve the quality of teaching in a minority of lessons, including high expectations in terms of challenge and pupils’ use of the Welsh language.
• Improve the quality of the work of a minority of middle leaders.

Safeguarding

The report states that “most pupils feel safe at school,” knowing whom to approach for support and that staff “deal well with any concerns.”