YSGOL GYMRAEG BRO MORGANNWG

Overview

Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg is described as a “highly inclusive, caring and Welsh community” where “robust leadership” has fostered a strong sense of pride. The report highlights “excellent” wellbeing and attitudes to learning, alongside “good” standards, teaching, and leadership.

Strengths

• Pupils display “outstanding attitudes towards their work” and take “pride in their Welshness.”
• The “positive relationship between teachers and pupils” creates a safe environment for risk-taking and learning.
• “Exceptional” support is provided for pupils with emotional, health, and social needs, including a dedicated wellbeing centre.
• Most pupils make “secure progress” in skills, understanding, and knowledge, with particularly strong oral skills in both languages.
• An “exceptionally rich range of extra-curricular experiences” positively influences wellbeing and motivation.

Areas to improve

• Improve standards, particularly in key stage 4.
• Ensure secondary pupils develop information and communication technology skills across the curriculum.
• Improve monitoring and self-evaluation processes to ensure leaders evaluate provision based on its effect on pupils’ standards.
• Address the financial deficit.

Safeguarding

The report states that “ensuring pupils’ wellbeing is at the heart” of the school’s work, with “extremely comprehensive wellbeing provision” and effective systems to track attendance and identify pupils at risk.