Academic Performance
The proportion of pupils who achieved five or more grades A* to C in the 2003 GCSE examinations was well above the national average, though the proportion of students achieving A level success at grades A to C in 2 or more subjects was, however, below the national average. In summer 2007, over 95% of the school's students achieved at least 5 A*-C GCSE grades, the highest yet.
However, in the last Estyn inspection in April 2004, the standards reached in Religious Education at Key Stage 4 were considered unsatisfactory, but the remaining assessments ranged between satisfactory and very good, with notable performances in Art, Music, and Physical Education. In 2005, the school had a major reshuffle of its Religious Education department, hiring new teachers, and a new head for the department.
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