GCSE performance 2010 in ’ families of schools.

The following tables show how each school in Wales performed at GCSE compared to other similar schools.

The families are set by the Welsh government and take into account the percentage of pupils at each school: . eligible for Free School Meals . living in areas classed in the most 20% deprived areas in Wales . with special educational needs . whose first language is not English or Welsh

The tables are ordered according to the percentage of pupils achieving at least five A* to C grades including English or Welsh and Mathematics, as this is considered the key indicator of GCSE performance.

Overall, the percentage achieving this measure in Wales was 49.4%, while in England it was 53.4%.

School Family 1

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. English/Welsh and % 5 A*-C School Name Local Authority Maths GCSEs 1 64 73 2 Ysgol Bryn Elian Conwy 56 84 3 Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni Anglesey 56 68 4 54 81 5 Ysgol Friars Gwynedd 54 69 6 RCT 50 59 7 Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern Anglesey 49 67 8 Cardigan County Secondary Ceredigion 43 58 9 Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen Gwynedd 41 54 10 Ysgol Gyfun Cymer Rhondda RCT 30 52

FAMILY AVERAGE 49.90 67.14 School Family 2

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade Carmarthenshire 69 74 2 Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf 68 77 3 Ysgol Gyfun Bryn Tawe Swansea 66 78 4 Ysgol Maes Garmon Flintshire 65 76 5 Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr Cardiff 64 80 6 Ysgol Gyfun Llanbedr-Pont-Steffan Ceredigion 59 75 7 Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera Neath Port Talbot 59 73 8 RCT 57 70 9 Ysgol Tryfan Gwynedd 57 70 10 Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari RCT 50 60 11 Amman Valley Comp School Carmarthenshire 46 56

FAMILY AVERAGE 59.02 70.43

School Family 3

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr Swansea 74 86 2 Ysgol Bro Morgannwg Vale of 73 89 3 Ysgol Gyfun Tregib Carmarthenshire 69 77 4 Ysgol Y Creuddyn Conwy 66 73 5 Ysgol Morgan Llwyd Wrexham 57 69 6 Ysgol Y Moelwyn Gwynedd 53 69 7 Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle Gwynedd 47 64 8 Ysgol Dinas Bran Denbighshire 46 67 9 Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron Ceredigion 43 56 10 Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones Anglesey 43 53 11 Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen Gwynedd 36 56

FAMILY AVERAGE 55.48 69.20 School Family 4

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Ysgol Glan Y Mor Gwynedd 69 75 2 Ysgol Gyfun Ddwyieithog Y Preseli 64 82 3 Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd Denbighshire 63 73 4 Ysgol David Hughes Anglesey 61 70 5 60 65 6 Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn Gwynedd 58 79 7 High School Powys 56 66 8 Ysgol Gyfun Pantycelyn Carmarthenshire 54 71 9 Ysgol Gyfun Dyffryn Teifi Ceredigion 50 73 10 Ysgol Uwchradd Tregaron Ceredigion 48 78 11 Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Conwy 46 72 12 Ysgol Brynrefail Gwynedd 45 59

FAMILY AVERAGE 56.65 71.86

School Family 5 % 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig Ceredigion 76 86 2 Ysgol Gyfun Maes Yr Yrfa Carmarthenshire 75 79 3 Powys 73 79 4 Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin Carmarthenshire 73 77 5 Ysgol Botwnnog Gwynedd 71 82 6 Powys 64 74 7 Ysgol Brynhyfryd Denbighshire 58 82 8 Ysgol Y Berwyn Gwynedd 57 67 9 Ysgol Ardudwy Gwynedd 56 82 10 Ysgol Eifionydd Gwynedd 55 76 11 Builth Wells High School Powys 54 61 12 Ysgol Y Gader Gwynedd 52 73

FAMILY AVERAGE 64.35 77.04 School Family 6

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Sandfields Comprehensive School Neath Port Talbot 30 49 2 Pen-Y-Dre High School 29 64 3 Fitzalan High Cardiff 26 48 4 Cymer Afan Comprehensive School Neath Port Talbot 26 46 5 High School Cardiff 24 39 6 Ferndale Community School RCT 22 42 7 Michaelston Community College Cardiff 22 42 8 Cardiff 20 32 9 Daniel James Community School Swansea 19 27 10 Dylan Thomas Community School Swansea 16 26 11 Glyn Derw High School Cardiff 16 31

FAMILY AVERAGE 23.33 41.96

School Family 7

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. English/Welsh and % Achieving 5 School Name Local Authority Maths GCSEs (A* to C) 1 Cwrt Sart Community Comp School Neath Port Talbot 39 49 2 Mountain Ash Comprehensive School RCT 36 68 3 Cefn Hengoed Community School Swansea 36 49 4 Duffryn High School Newport 35 65 5 Comprehensive School Caerphilly 35 47 6 Cardiff 33 40 7 Hartridge High School Newport 32 48 8 Blaengwawr Comprehensive School RCT 29 45 9 Bettws High School Newport 28 72 10 Blessed Edward Jones R.C. School Denbighshire 18 38 11 Nantyglo Comprehensive School Blaenau 11 18

FAMILY AVERAGE 31.64 52.07 School Family 8

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Maesteg Comprehensive School Bridgend 42 57 2 St Illtyds R.C. High School Cardiff 40 50 3 Girls' Comp School RCT 38 51 4 Cathays High School Cardiff 35 47 5 Coedcae School Carmarthenshire 34 59 6 Comprehensive School RCT 33 48 7 Afon Taf High School Merthyr Tydfil 31 41 8 Lliswerry High School Newport 30 46 9 Tredegar Comprehensive School Blaenau Gwent 30 44 10 John Summers High School Flintshire 30 37 11 Mary Immaculate R.C. High School Cardiff 24 50

FAMILY AVERAGE 33.78 48.77

School Family 9

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Comprehensive School RCT 59 84 2 Bishop Gore School Swansea 51 68 3 Community College RCT 38 64 4 Ebbw Vale Comprehensive School Blaenau Gwent 36 43 5 Bishop Hedley High School Merthyr Tydfil 34 53 6 County Community School RCT 33 50 7 Aberdare Boys' School RCT 32 51 8 Abertillery Comprehensive School Blaenau Gwent 30 38 9 Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi Anglesey 28 52 10 High School Cardiff 28 37 11 Cardiff 26 60

FAMILY AVERAGE 37.68 56.20 School Family 10

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 St Joseph's Catholic school and Sixth Form centre Neath Port Talbot 61 68 2 Cynffig Comprehensive School Bridgend 54 58 3 Pontllanfraith Comprehensive School Caerphilly 47 51 4 Ynysawdre Comprehensive School Bridgend 41 63 5 RCT 38 47 6 Ysgol Glan-Y-Mor School Carmarthenshire 37 49 7 Heolddu Comprehensive School Caerphilly 36 56 8 Abersychan Comprehensive School Torfaen 35 49 9 Bedwas High School Caerphilly 34 49 10 Pentrehafod School Swansea 32 44 11 Rhyl High School Denbighshire 31 39

FAMILY AVERAGE 39.46 50.99

School Family 11

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Glyncoed Comprehensive School Blaenau Gwent 53 79 2 Brynmawr School Blaenau Gwent 49 64 3 St Martin Comprehensive School Caerphilly 49 64 4 Bishop Vaughan R.C. School Swansea 46 70 5 High School Merthyr Tydfil 44 64 6 Ysgol Emrys Ap Iwan Conwy 44 55 7 Ysgol Rhosnesni Wrexham 44 52 8 St Cenydd Comprehensive School Caerphilly 41 61 9 Lewis School Caerphilly 40 54 10 Pembroke School - Ysgol Penfro Pembrokeshire 38 58 11 Ogmore Comprehensive School Bridgend 29 37

FAMILY AVERAGE 43.34 59.98 School Family 12

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Bryngwyn Comprehensive School Carmarthenshire 61 72 2 Morriston Comprehensive School Swansea 58 67 3 Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School Neath Port Talbot 58 65 4 Glan Afan Comprehensive School Neath Port Talbot 53 77 5 Ysgol John Bright Conwy 50 63 6 Ysgol Bryn Alyn Wrexham 47 57 7 St Julian's Comprehensive School Newport 44 61 8 Lewis Girls' Comprehensive School Caerphilly 43 71 9 Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School 42 65 10 Birchgrove Comprehensive School Swansea 39 50 11 Ysgol Rhiwabon Wrexham 38 65

FAMILY AVERAGE 48.69 64.34

School Family 13

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authorities Maths C) 1 St Joseph's R C High School Newport 58 71 2 St John Lloyd R C School Carmarthenshire 54 61 3 Oakdale Comprehensive School Caerphilly 53 72 4 Dyffryn School Neath Port Talbot 51 75 5 Holywell High School Flintshire 45 51 6 Cardinal Newman R.C. Comp RCT 43 54 7 Barry Comprehensive School Vale of Glamorgan 39 72 8 Blackwood Comprehensive School Caerphilly 39 56 9 Ysgol Clywedog Wrexham 39 50 10 West Comp School Torfaen 34 63 11 Ysgol Y Gwendraeth Carmarthenshire 31 41

FAMILY AVERAGE 43.98 61.97 School Family 14

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authorities Maths C) 1 St John Baptist C.I.W. High School RCT 69 77 2 Connah's Quay High School Flintshire 65 76 3 Newbridge School Caerphilly 62 74 4 Llangatwg Community School Neath Port Talbot 58 73 5 Archbishop Mcgrath Catholic School Bridgend 52 65 6 Ysgol Maes-Y-Dderwen Powys 44 49 7 High School RCT 43 53 8 Flint High School Flintshire 39 54 9 Pembrokeshire 37 46 10 School Torfaen 35 60 11 Torfaen 33 62

FAMILY AVERAGE 48.05 62.79

School Family 15

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Eirias High School Conwy 66 79 2 St Teilo's C.I.W. High School Cardiff 58 76 3 St Richard Gwyn R.C. High School Vale of Glamorgan 55 61 4 St Cyres Comprehensive School Vale of Glamorgan 53 67 5 Cwmtawe Community School Neath Port Talbot 51 78 6 Bryntirion Comprehensive School Bridgend 50 64 7 Gowerton School Swansea 50 62 8 Prestatyn High School Denbighshire 47 65 9 Tasker-Milward V.C. School Pembrokeshire 41 53 10 Risca Community School Caerphilly 32 44 11 Denbigh High School Denbighshire 24 46

FAMILY AVERAGE 49.30 65.07 School Family 16

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 St Joseph's Catholic and Anglican High School Wrexham 62 77 2 Brynteg Comprehensive School Bridgend 61 75 3 St Albans R.C. High School Torfaen 60 79 4 Pontarddulais Comprehensive School Swansea 60 71 5 King Henry VIII Comp School Monmouthshire 55 64 6 Penyrheol Comprehensive School Swansea 55 63 7 School Torfaen 55 61 8 Dwr-Y-Felin Comprehensive School Neath Port Talbot 53 66 9 Bryncelynnog Comprehensive School RCT 52 57 10 Cardiff 51 65 11 Ysgol-Y-Grango Wrexham 46 73

FAMILY AVERAGE 55.51 67.33

School Family 17

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Y Pant Comprehensive School RCT 66 72 2 Darland High School Wrexham 64 77 3 Corpus Christi Catholic High School Cardiff 63 81 4 St Richard Gwyn RC High School Flintshire 63 69 5 Cwmcarn High School Caerphilly 61 68 6 Powys 60 75 7 Porthcawl Comprehensive School Bridgend 58 71 8 Newtown High School Powys 48 77 9 Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn Carmarthenshire 45 59 10 Pembrokeshire 44 57 11 Ysgol Aberconwy Conwy 40 74

FAMILY AVERAGE 56.29 71.94 School Family 18

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Olchfa School Swansea 74 84 2 Llandrindod High School Powys 63 69 3 Cardiff 60 70 4 St David's High School Flintshire 59 71 5 Llantwit Major School Vale of Glamorgan 57 75 6 Powys 54 63 7 Queen Elizabeth High School Carmarthenshire 53 65 8 Pembrokeshire 51 75 9 Sir School Pembrokeshire 51 64 10 Penglais Comprehensive School Ceredigion 43 63 11 Pencoed Comprehensive School Bridgend 42 56

FAMILY AVERAGE 55.94 69.27

School Family 19

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Cardiff 81 88 2 Comprehensive School Cardiff 80 86 3 Argoed High School Flintshire 77 83 4 The Bishop Of Llandaff C.I.W. High Cardiff 75 85 5 Elfed High School Flintshire 63 73 6 Monmouth Comprehensive School Monmouthshire 54 71 7 Ysgol Gyfun Dyffryn Taf Carmarthenshire 52 66 8 Comprehensive School Monmouthshire 51 71 9 Mold Alyn School Flintshire 51 63 10 Caldicot Comprehensive School Monmouthshire 48 58 11 The Greenhill School Pembrokeshire 47 78

FAMILY AVERAGE 60.28 73.77 School Family 20

% 5 A*-C GCSEs inc. % Achieving 5 English/Welsh and GCSEs (A* to School Name Local Authority Maths C) 1 Bishopston Comprehensive School Swansea 83 88 2 Cowbridge Comprehensive School Vale of Glamorgan 81 93 3 Comprehensive School Newport 77 84 4 Castell Alun High School Flintshire 76 80 5 St. Brigid's School Voluntary Aided Secondary Denbighshire 75 93 6 Newport 72 81 7 Hawarden High School Flintshire 72 80 8 Stanwell School Vale of Glamorgan 71 83 9 High School Powys 69 91 10 High School Powys 68 73 11 The Maelor School Wrexham 58 80 12 Powys 54 63

FAMILY AVERAGE 72.66 82.85