Llanfyllin High School is an 11-18 mixed, naturally bilingual school maintained by Powys local authority. There is shared use of the campus by the sports centre and primary school. Pupil numbers have declined by about 17% since the last inspection. There are currently 824 pupils on roll with 141 in the sixth form, compared with 1,001 at the time of the last inspection in April 2009 when there were 195 students in the sixth form. The school is situated in the small rural town of Llanfyllin in the north of the county and serves a large catchment area. About half of the pupils come from rural areas surrounding Llanfyllin. About a fifth of the pupils attend the school from across the English border in Shropshire. About 82% of the pupils come from homes where the predominant language spoken is English, and 18% come from Welsh-speaking homes. About 18% of the pupils speak Welsh as a first language or to an equivalent standard within the school. One pupil receives support teaching in English as an additional language. Pupils of all abilities are received by the school. The proportion of pupils with a statement of special educational needs is 1.3% and a further 23% have been identified as needing some support. These figures are lower than the national averages. Nearly 6% of pupils in the school are eligible for free school meals compared to the national average of 17.4%. The headteacher and deputy headteacher were appointed to their posts in September 2015. The senior leadership team includes the headteacher, a deputy headteacher, one assistant headteacher who is also the school’s business manager and three very newly appointed associate senior leaders. The individual school budget per pupil for Llanfyllin High School in 2015-2016 is £3,951 per pupil. The maximum per pupil in the secondary schools in Powys is £4,565 and the minimum is £3,778. Llanfyllin High School is ninth out of the 11 secondary schools in Powys in terms of its school budget per pupil.