Rhymney Comprehensive School,
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Secondary
PUPILS
720
AGES
11 - 18
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Secondary (ages 11-19)
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

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How Does The School Perform?

Adequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/04/2015)
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Mill Field
Abertysswg
Rhymney
NP2 5XF
01685 846900

School Description

Rhymney Comprehensive School is an English medium, mixed 11 to 18 school situated in the village of Abertysswg, Caerphilly. Currently, it has 810 pupils on roll including 85 in the sixth form. This is fewer than at the time of the last inspection in 2009, when there were 951, including 100 in the sixth form. The school draws pupils and students from a group of villages in the northern part of the Rhymney Valley. Pupils come mainly from seven partner primary schools. Around 31% of pupils are eligible for free school meals. This is much higher than the national average of 17.5% for secondary schools in Wales. Around 72% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales. Around 2% of pupils have statements of special educational needs compared with 2.4% for Wales as a whole. Around 18% of pupils have a special educational need, which is lower than the national average of 20.1%. Nearly all pupils are from a white British background. Very few pupils speak Welsh fluently. The headteacher has been in post since April 2012. The leadership team is made up of the headteacher, an acting deputy headteacher, an assistant headteacher, an acting assistant headteacher and a business manager. The individual school budget per pupil for Rhymney Comprehensive School in 2014-2015 is £4,212 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the secondary schools in Caerphilly is £5,321 and the minimum is £3,879. Rhymney Comprehensive School is fifth out of the fourteen secondary schools in terms of its school budget per pupil.

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