Y Pant Comprehensive School, Rhondda, Cynon, Taff

Y Pant 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 1463 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 2% have additional learning needs (17% in 2020/21); 1% are learning English as an additional language; and 8% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 98 pupils (Year 13) to 256 (Year 7).

Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £5,898 per pupil, against £4,207 in 2021-22. It carried forward £440k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.

Estyn's report on its March 2025 inspection summarises Y Pant Comprehensive School like this:

"Leaders in Y Pant Comprehensive are successful in securing consistently strong outcomes and high levels of well-being for their pupils. The headteacher has a clear vision for pupils to behave with respect and humility and to be well prepared for life. This vision permeates every aspect of school life, resulting in a caring and inclusive community that embraces diversity and welcomes all. Collaborative leadership is a notable strength and the headteacher, along with her senior team, have created a culture of effective support and challenge. Leaders and staff work well together to ensure that every pupil reaches their full potential. An example of this is the way in senior and middle leaders designed its disciplinary approach to curriculum in Years 7 and 8. The school offers a broad and balanced curriculum, although this narrows in Year 9 when pupils begin their option choices."

"Leaders maintain a relentless focus on securing high-quality teaching. This is underpinned by strong evaluation and improvement processes, and effective professional learning. As a result, many pupils make secure progress in their knowledge, understanding and skills. In a minority of cases, pupils make exemplary progress because of inspirational and highly skilled teaching. The provision for the progressive development of pupils’ skills is well established, effectively co-ordinated and regularly evaluated. Across the curriculum, pupils have valuable opportunities to practise and develop their skills in a range of suitably challenging and authentic contexts. Leaders have secured a strong culture of safeguarding, ensuring that pupils know who to turn to when they need support."

"The school’s strategic approach to securing strong well- being provision has helped to improve pupils’ rates of attendance and to ensure that pupils behave well in lessons and around school. The school’s ‘behaviour curriculum’ is a particular strength, which has contributed to the caring and inclusive ethos of the school. This aspect of the school’s curriculum beneficially supports pupils social and emotional development and promotes a strong sense of tolerance and respect. The school provides exceptional support for pupils at different transition points and particularly when helping them to choose their next steps and career pathways. There is a well-planned programme of careers advice and guidance available to pupils of all ages."

Estyn made 1 recommendation: (1) Ensure that pupils have access to the full range of learning experiences until the end of Year 9.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Y Pant Comprehensive School are Bryncelynnog Comprehensive School (2.3 miles), Ysgol Llanhari (2.7 miles), Ysgol Garth Olwg (3.5 miles) and Tonyrefail Community School (4.3 miles).

The nearest railway station is Pontyclun Rail Station, about 920 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).