Nottage Primary School
Estyn
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bridgend, CF36 3ED
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Porthcawl Comprehensive School
52 Park Avenue, Porthcawl, Bridgend, CF36 3ES
Local ranking3rd of 9 secondary schools in Bridgend
Inspected by Estyn
Secondary
Phase
820
Capacity
—
Age range
Not applicable
Gender
Year:
Key Stage 4 Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Capped 9 points score
- 387.5 Wales354.3·Bridgend358.8
- Literacy points score
- 44.7 Wales38.6·Bridgend38.4
- Numeracy points score
- 41.3 Wales36.0·Bridgend36.4
- Science points score
- 42.4 Wales35.8·Bridgend37.1
- Welsh Bacc Skills Challenge
- 38.3 Wales29.0·Bridgend34.2
Welsh Government interim KS4 measures, from My Local School. Points scores are averages across the cohort and are not comparable with England's Attainment 8.
Pupil Demographics
2025-26- Total Pupils
- 920
- Capacity
- 820 (145% full)
- SEND
- 3.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.0%
- EAL
- 1.1%
- SEN Support
- 3.4%
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.6% Wales7.3%·Bridgend6.9%
Attendance from My Local School (Welsh Government). Wales does not publish per-school persistent absence.
School Information
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 92.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- White Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
92.0%
White British
1.7%
Mixed White & Asian
1.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS4 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
52 Park Avenue
Bridgend, Wales (pseudo)
Administrative
- Country
- Wales
- URN
- 401795
- UKPRN
- 10008830
- Establishment No.
- 4080
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