POWYS’ newest secondary school has already been named one of the best in Wales.
Ysgol Calon Cymru, which operates on the sites of the former Llandrindod and Builth Wells high schools, only opened in September 2018.
But it has now been named the joint seventh best state school in the country by The Sunday Times.
The newspaper is publishing its Parent Power, Sunday Times Schools Guide 2010 this Sunday, November 24.
The 27th 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.
GCSE and A-level results at both Ysgol Calon Cymru sites have secured the school joint seventh place with St Brigid’s School in Denbigh.
At A-level Ysgol Calon has a 64.2% A* to B pass rate while at GCSE 22.4 of passes were at the top A* or A grades.
The school is ranked 268th across the UK.
Before closing both Builth and Llandrindod high schools had been placed in special measures by inspectors Estyn.The top 10 state schools in Wales, according to the Sunday Times, are 1 Ysgol Glantaf, Cardiff2 Ysgol Y Preseli, Crymych3 Cowbridge Comprehensive 4 Ysgol Bro Myrddin, Carmarthen5 Ysgol Plamawr, Cardiff6 Olchfa School, Swansea7 Ysgol Calon Cymru, Builth Wells/Llandrindod7 St Brigid's School, Denbigh9 Penglais School, Aberystwyth10 Ysgol Eirias, Colwyn Bay