Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe

Secondary · ages 11-19Council873 pupilsSixth formSwansea

School Chooser Score

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Likely range 13 to 26

Out of 100. Better than 2% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.

Best nine GCSE grades score346Wales 366

Attendance89.8%Wales 89.6%

Pupils from low-income families13%Wales 20%

Pupils with additional learning needs18%Wales 11%

Pupils on roll873

NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasWelsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe is a council school in Swansea for pupils aged 11 to 19. It has 873 pupils. We give it 18 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 2% of the 50 schools most like it. Teaching is mainly in Welsh.

Heol Gywrosydd, Penlan, Swansea, SA5 7BU01792 560600All details

Inspection

Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Since September 2022 Estyn's reports describe what a school does well and what it needs to work on, without giving a grade.

Estyn's latest report, and any follow-up visits, are on Estyn's website. The only schools given a formal label are those in special measures or needing significant improvement.

Find this school's Estyn reports My Local School (Welsh Government)

Results

GCSE results, summer 2025

Wales scores GCSEs in points rather than counting passes. Here is how the school compares with all secondaries in Wales.

Best nine GCSE grades score346

Wales 366

Official name: Capped 9 points score (interim)

English or Welsh score41.2

Wales 39.9

Official name: Literacy points score

Maths score33.7

Wales 36.9

Official name: Numeracy points score

Science score31.7

Wales 37.0

Official name: Science points score

Trend

Best nine GCSE grades score

2023 to 2025

Since 2023: -22Declining overall

All GCSE measures, year by year

Measure	2025	2024	2023	Swansea	Wales
Best nine GCSE grades scoreCapped 9 points score (interim)	346	351	368	363	366
English or Welsh scoreLiteracy points score	41.2	43.1	44.5	38.7	39.9
Maths scoreNumeracy points score	33.7	34.1	36.8	36.1	36.9
Science scoreScience points score	31.7	34.0	37.0	36.1	37.0
Welsh Baccalaureate scoreSkills Challenge Certificate points score	39.2	39.5	41.5	36.1	31.6
Best nine GCSE score: low-income pupilsCapped 9, eligible for free school meals	296	269	311	323	308

Interim measures published by the Welsh Government; no measures were published for 2020 to 2022.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 1 of the 4 gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At GCSE, 2025

Best nine GCSE grades scoreLow-income pupils vs all pupils

295.9345.7

Gap 49.8England 57.9

Literacy pointsLow-income pupils vs all pupils

34.541.2

Gap 6.7

Numeracy pointsLow-income pupils vs all pupils

25.333.7

Gap 8.4

Science pointsLow-income pupils vs all pupils

21.731.7

Gap 10.0

First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child gets free school meals. The Welsh figures are averaged over three years, and the grey marks show Wales rather than England.

Getting a place

There is no entrance test. The council hands out the places. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups go first; after that, the closer you live, the better your chances.

Teaching is mainly in Welsh.

You apply through Swansea council, not the school.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll873

Pupils from low-income families13%Three-year average; Wales 20%

Pupils getting extra support18%Additional learning needs; Wales 11%

Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils3%

LanguageWelsh mediumWelsh medium school / provision (including transitional)

NeighbourhoodAmong the poorest areasIf Wales's neighbourhoods were split into ten groups from poorest to wealthiest, this one is in group 1 (Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025)

How the mix of pupils has changed

Year	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals	13.0%	13.4%	14.2%	13.9%	13.9%	12.9%
Pupils getting extra supportAdditional learning needs (ALN)	18.4%	17.5%	26.8%	30.0%	30.4%	20.8%
Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupilsBAME pupils	2.8%	2.3%	2.3%	2.2%	2.5%	2.2%

Attendance

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 89.8% of the time. Across secondary schools in Wales it was 89.6%. Wales doesn't publish figures on pupils who miss a lot of school, or on exclusions, for individual schools.

Attendance89.8%

Wales 89.6%

Official name: 100 minus overall absence

Trend

Attendance

2019 to 2025

Since 2019: -4.7%Declining overall

Staff and budget

From the Welsh Government's My Local School, 2025/26.

Budget per pupil£6,2912025/26, Wales £5,956

Trend

Budget per pupil (£)

2020 to 2026

Since 2020: +1,004Declining overall

The budget is the money the council gave the school to spend per pupil in 2025/26, £335 more than the Welsh average for secondary schools. Small and rural schools tend to get more per pupil.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m26212 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences

Local crime rate114 per 1,000 people25% higher than the England average

Typical house price£202,000Swansea

Nearest bus stop100 mHeol Hermas, 16 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Bishop Vaughan R.C. School	Roman Catholic	1.1 miles	1,236	Estyn, no grade	39	Compare
Pentrehafod School	Council	1.2 miles	1,120	Estyn, no grade	17	Compare
Dylan Thomas Community School	Council	1.6 miles	695	Estyn, no grade	2	Compare
Cefn Hengoed Community School	Council	2.4 miles	906	Estyn, no grade	85	Compare
Morriston Comprehensive School	Council	2.5 miles	1,055	Estyn, no grade	13	Compare
Bishop Gore School	Council	2.8 miles	1,315	Estyn, no grade	59	Compare
Olchfa School	Council	3.0 miles	1,907	Estyn, no grade	97	Compare
Gowerton School	Council	3.4 miles	1,127	Estyn, no grade	60	Compare

Secondary schools in Swansea Best secondary schools in Wales

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe with the 50 schools in Wales whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 50 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats2%of schools with a similar mix of pupils

Near the bottom of its group. Its score of 18 is 38 points below the typical school in the group.

0Lowest of the group 7 · middle 55 · highest 97100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 50 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Olchfa School	Council	3.0 miles	1,907	Estyn, no grade	97	Compare
Gowerton School	Council	3.4 miles	1,127	Estyn, no grade	60	Compare
Cwmtawe Community School	Council	6.4 miles	1,047	Estyn, no grade	49	Compare
Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade	Council	9.9 miles	1,253	Estyn, no grade	37	Compare
Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur	Council	10.9 miles	1,557	Estyn, no grade	57	Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 18 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 18% of secondary schools in Wales. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 13 to 26. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked at	How much it counts	Against schools like it	Effect on the score	Based on
Results over three years	40%	in line	-0.08	2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 174 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils	25%	well below	-0.30	Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 174 pupils
Attendance and behaviour	20%	in line	+0.02	2024/25; 873 pupils
Direction of travel over five years	15%	well below	-0.20	results and attendance falling year on year

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe a good school?

The figures are weak. Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe scores 18 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 2% of the 50 schools most like it in Wales. The score could fairly be anywhere from 13 to 26, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

How many pupils does Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe have?

873 pupils aged 11 to 19.

Does Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe have a sixth form?

Yes.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address: Heol Gywrosydd, Penlan, Swansea, SA5 7BU
Telephone: 01792 560600
Type of school: Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase: Secondary school, ages 11-19, with sixth form
Religious character: None
Local authority: Swansea
Ward: Penderry
Constituency: Swansea West
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 1 March 2004 (new provision)
URN: 402062 · School number 6704078 · UKPRN 10021617
Language: Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)

Official record My Local School Download this school's data (CSV)

Recent changes

13 September 2026PhaseCode changed from “Secondary” to “Other”
13 September 2026TypeCode changed from “Community school” to “Welsh establishment”
13 September 2026Pupil numbers changed from “873” to “–”
13 September 2026Free school meals % changed from “13.0” to “–”
13 September 2026ReligiousCharacter changed from “None” to “–”

Where these figures come from

School details: Department for Education Get Information About Schools and the Welsh Government address list of schools (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
Results, attendance, pupils, staff and budget: Welsh Government, My Local School, latest data to 2026.
Neighbourhood deprivation: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 postcode lookup.
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