St Cenydd School, Caerphilly
St Cenydd School is a secondary school for pupils in Caerphilly.
- Estyn
- Not in follow-up
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
St Cenydd School in detail
School in Wales
St Cenydd 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 952 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.
30% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).
Of its pupils, 11% have additional learning needs (26% in 2020/21); 2% are learning English as an additional language; and 5% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Year groups range from 28 pupils (Year 12) to 190 (Year 9).
Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £6,987 per pupil, against £5,017 in 2021-22. It carried forward £734k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.
What Estyn said
Estyn's most recent full inspection report on St Cenydd School dates from 2019.
Read the full Estyn report (school website)
Source: © Crown copyright, Estyn: "Inspection report St Cenydd School 2020 (English only)". Quoted under Estyn's re-use terms.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to St Cenydd School are St Martin's School (1.2 miles), Bedwas High School (2.3 miles), Cardinal Newman R.C. Comprehensive School (2.7 miles) and Ysgol Afon Wen (2.8 miles).
St Martin's SchoolBedwas High SchoolCardinal Newman R.C. Comprehensive SchoolYsgol Afon Wen
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Energlyn & Churchill Park Rail Station, about 950 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Cenydd School (in), 70 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 St Cenydd School's Estyn reports.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
Latest from St Cenydd School
Cardiff School of Architecture
10 Jul 2026
The Hay Festival 2026
5 Jun 2026
Well done boys!
19 May 2026
Project Nestbox
15 May 2026
The Brilliant Club
12 May 2026
Sixth Form students shine at Engineering Project Awards
27 Apr 2026
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Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to St Cenydd School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. St Cenydd School is in Caerphilly; for families living there:
Apply to Caerphilly for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 16
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 9 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
3 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 Caerphilly is 8 (the median across 85 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.
Commute and house prices
Questions parents ask about St Cenydd School
What is the catchment area for St Cenydd School?
In Wales catchment areas are set by the local authority, so St Cenydd School has a defined catchment published by Caerphilly. Living in it does not guarantee a place - when the school is oversubscribed Caerphilly 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 St Cenydd School?
Apply through Caerphilly, naming St Cenydd School on your application. Welsh admission deadlines are set by each local authority rather than nationally, so check Caerphilly's admissions pages for this year's closing date.
How many road collisions happen near St Cenydd School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 9 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 3 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 Caerphilly is 8 (the median across 85 schools, same distance and years).
Where is St Cenydd School?
St Cenydd School is at St Cenydd Road, Trecenydd, Caerphilly, CF83 2RP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)