Birchgrove Comprehensive School, Swansea
Birchgrove Comprehensive School is a secondary school for pupils in Swansea.
- Estyn
- Not in follow-up
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Birchgrove Comprehensive School in detail
School in Wales
Birchgrove Comprehensive School is an English-medium school in Wales. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, and its latest report is published on Estyn's website.
It had 736 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.
27% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).
Of its pupils, 12% have additional learning needs (21% in 2020/21); 3% are learning English as an additional language; and 10% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Year groups range from 117 pupils (Year 11) to 166 (Year 8).
Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £7,312 per pupil, against £7,149 in 2021-22. It carried forward £816k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.
What Estyn said
Estyn's most recent full inspection report on Birchgrove Comprehensive School dates from 2019.
Read the full Estyn report (school website)
Source: © Crown copyright, Estyn: "Inspection report Birchgrove Comprehensive School 2019 (English only)". Quoted under Estyn's re-use terms.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Birchgrove Comprehensive School are Cefn Hengoed Community School (2.3 miles), Morriston Comprehensive School (2.5 miles), Dwr Y Felin Comprehensive School (2.5 miles) and Bishop Vaughan R.C. School (2.9 miles).
Cefn Hengoed Community SchoolMorriston Comprehensive SchoolDwr Y Felin Comprehensive SchoolBishop Vaughan R.C. School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Llansamlet Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Birchgrove Comprehensive (in), 100 metres away.
Sources: Welsh Government school data and StatsWales (OGL); Estyn; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
DfE GIASInspection
Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Read Birchgrove Comprehensive School's Estyn reports.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Keep up with Birchgrove Comprehensive School
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Birchgrove Comprehensive School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Birchgrove Comprehensive School is in Swansea; for families living there:
Apply to Swansea for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 3
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Swansea is 4 (the median across 100 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Questions parents ask about Birchgrove Comprehensive School
What is the catchment area for Birchgrove Comprehensive School?
In Wales catchment areas are set by the local authority, so Birchgrove Comprehensive School has a defined catchment published by Swansea. Living in it does not guarantee a place - when the school is oversubscribed Swansea applies the published criteria, which usually put looked-after children first, then siblings, then distance - but it normally carries priority.
How do I apply to Birchgrove Comprehensive School?
Apply through Swansea, naming Birchgrove Comprehensive School on your application. Welsh admission deadlines are set by each local authority rather than nationally, so check Swansea's admissions pages for this year's closing date.
How many road collisions happen near Birchgrove Comprehensive School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 1 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Swansea is 4 (the median across 100 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Birchgrove Comprehensive School?
Birchgrove Comprehensive School is at Birchgrove Road, Birchgrove, Swansea, SA7 9NB.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)