Ysgol Gyfun Cymer Rhondda
Estyn: Not in follow-up
Score
D54
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Porth, CF39 9HA
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Porth Community School
Cemetery Road, Porth, CF39 0BS
Local ranking8th of 17 secondary schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Estyn: Not in follow-up
Middle school
Phase
Not published
Capacity
3-16
Age range
—
Gender
Latest data: 2025 GCSEs · Estyn inspection 22 November 2019. Figures last updated .
Year:
Key Stage 4 Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Capped 9 points score
- 379.9 Wales354.3·Rhondda370.9
- Literacy points score
- 36.7 Wales38.6·Rhondda38.4
- Numeracy points score
- 35.8 Wales36.0·Rhondda36.0
- Science points score
- 37.4 Wales35.8·Rhondda35.8
- Welsh Bacc Skills Challenge
- 41.8 Wales29.0·Rhondda24.5
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
- 855
- SEND
- 9.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.7%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 9.6%
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 15.2% Wales7.3%·Rhondda12.0%
Attendance from My Local School (Welsh Government). Wales does not publish per-school persistent absence.
School Information
- Type
- Welsh establishment
- Phase
- Middle school
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
94.3%
White British
2.3%
Mixed Other
1.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS4 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Cemetery Road
Porth, Wales (pseudo)
Administrative
- Country
- Wales
- URN
- 402419
- UKPRN
- 10082403
- Establishment No.
- 5501
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- Phase
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- Distance
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- Location
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Score
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- Type
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Score
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- Type
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- Phase
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- Location
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- Distance
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