The top performing schools in Wales are revealed in Parent Power, The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2019, published in The Sunday Times and online this Sunday, November 25.
I am delighted with this recognition of the incredible hard work of our young people and teaching and support staff at Ysgol Eirias. A very proud moment.Sarah Sutton, head of Ysgol Eirias said:
The top performing schools in Wales are revealed in Parent Power, The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2019, published in The Sunday Times and online this Sunday, November 25.
The 26th edition of Parent Power identifies the 2,000 highest-achieving schools in the UK, ranked by their recent examination results. A fully searchable national database by school name, local authority, town and postcode, together with regional rankings are available to Times and Sunday Times subscribers at: thesundaytimes.co.uk/parentpower
As well as assessment of all academic results on a school-by-school basis, Parent Power enables parents to compare the performance of a given school with other schools in the same town, local authority or nationally. There are also live links to school websites and schools’ most recent inspection reports.
Parent Power is widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of the country’s best schools. The rankings in the secondary school league tables are determined by the percentage of examination entries gaining A* to B grades at A-level this summer (which is given double weighting) and the percentage of entries returning A*, A, 9, 8 and 7 grades at GCSE. They are published several weeks ahead of the official Government tables for secondary school performance.
The top ten state secondary schools in Wales
Regional rank | School name | Town | A-level A*-B (%) | GCSE A*/A/9/8/7 (%) | 2018 national rank | 2017 national rank |
1 | Cowbridge Comprehensive School | Cowbridge | 66.2 | 47.2 | 153 | 211= |
2 | Radyr Comprehensive School | Cardiff | 72.0 | 35.4 | 154 | 227= |
3 | Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr | Cardiff | 67.7 | 29.9 | 203 | 267 |
4 | Olchfa School | Swansea | 61.4 | 38.2 | 221 | 330= |
5 | Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin | Carmarthen | 61.9 | 34.5 | 236 | 235 |
6 | Crickhowell High School | Crickhowell | 65.0 | 27.0 | 245 | 236 |
7 | Ysgol Eirias | Colwyn Bay | 67.1 | 21.5 | 248= | 345 |
8 | Ysgol Y Preseli | Crymych | 62.2 | 31.1 | 253 | 291 |
9 | Penglais School | Aberystwyth | 60.1 | 27.9 | 288= | 280 |
10 | Llanidloes High School | Llanidloes | 59.4 | 16.9 | 356= | 322= |
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