Cymer Afan Comprehensive School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Secondary
PUPILS
229
AGES
11 - 16
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Secondary (ages 11-16)
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

This school was closed.

How Does The School Perform?

Adequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn grade
(01/04/2015)
Full Report - All Reports
344.5
GCSE average points
score (capped 9)
NATIONAL AVERAGE 358.1



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School Road
Cymmer
Port Talbot
SA13 3EL
01639 850237

School Description

Cymer Afan Comprehensive is a small 11-16 school, which serves the villages of the upper Afan valley. It is maintained by Neath Port Talbot local authority and is part of the Upper Afan Valley federation of schools, which also includes four primary schools. There are 217 pupils on roll, compared to 353 when the school was last inspected in March 2009. All pupils speak English as their first language and very few are from minority ethnic groups. The area served by the school is mainly rural and 39% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, significantly higher than the average for Wales, which is 17.5%. Around 81% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas of Wales. The intake of pupils spans the full range of ability and 39% of these have additional learning needs. This is well above the average figure for Wales. The senior management team includes an acting headteacher, who has been in post since January 2015, an acting secondary phase leader, acting pastoral director, the business manager and two acting directors of learning. The individual school budget per pupil for Cymer Afan Comprehensive School in 2014-2015 means that the budget is £6,861 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the secondary schools in Neath Port Talbot is £6,861 and the minimum is £3,710. Cymer Afan Comprehensive School is first out of the 11 secondary schools in Neath Port Talbot in terms of its school budget per pupil.

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