Ysgol Calon Cymru
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Secondary
PUPILS
1015
AGES
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GENDER
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TYPE
Secondary (ages 11-19)
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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils Pupil Level Annual School Census

This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the Pupil Level Annual School Census collected by the Welsh Government. The data tells us where pupils lived at the time of the last Pupil Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The areas from which pupils are admitted to a school can change from year to year to reflect the number of siblings and pupils admitted under high priority admissions criteria.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Full Report
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn Report
(01/10/2022)
Full Report - All Reports
365.0
GCSE average points
score (capped 9)
NATIONAL AVERAGE 358.1



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College Road
Builth Wells
Powys
LD2 3BW
01982 553292

School Description

Ysgol Calon Cymru provides a calm, caring and enriching learning environment where many pupils develop as happy, confident and respectful individuals. Many pupils behave respectfully towards each other, develop positive relationships with school staff and are friendly with visitors. Pupils who attend the school’s Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) centre make strong development in their social and life skills and cope well when they attend mainstream lessons with support. Wellestablished pupil-led action groups, such as the ‘Criw Cymraeg’ the LBTQ+ group and the ‘Male Mental Health Group’ play an important role in helping to develop the school’s inclusive ethos. However, pupils, including pupil governors and ‘class captains’ do not have enough opportunities to share their opinions on other important aspects of the school’s work, such as the quality of teaching. The school provides a wide and relevant range of subject choices for pupils in Key Stage 4 and for those in the sixth form. This enables pupils to follow courses and gain qualifications in their areas of interest and also prepares them well for employment, further education or training and for life beyond school. Although the broad curriculum offer is a strength of the school, the range of subjects available for pupils who wish to study through the medium of Welsh is narrow. Pupils benefit from an array of extra-curricular clubs and enrichment activities. Many thrive because of the school’s strong provision for pastoral care, support and guidance. There are appropriate arrangements for the development of pupils’ personal, health and social education within the curriculum for pupils in Key Stage 3. However, there are insufficient opportunities for older pupils to learn about and talk about important issues which affect them, such as relationships, health and wellbeing, financial education and life skills. The school opened in September 2018 and was still in its initial stages of existence when the global pandemic broke out in March 2020. The headteacher was appointed to a permanent post in 2021 and the new and complete senior leadership was formed very recently. Senior leaders have shared a clear and ambitious vision with pupils, parents, staff and governors. Although there is now more stability in the school, there are inconsistencies in the quality of middle leaders, in particular their ability to plan for improvements. Although leadership has had a positive impact on standards of well-being and on the quality of pastoral care, it has not yet had sufficient impact on improving teaching and learning and on developing pupils’ literacy, numeracy and digital skills. Despite clear strengths in the school’s processes to safeguard children and young people, inspectors identified shortcomings in the standards of health and safety on both campuses.

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