Ysgol Harri Tudur/Henry Tudor School, Pembrokeshire

Ysgol Harri Tudur/Henry Tudor 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 1144 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.

24% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).

Of its pupils, 10% have additional learning needs (39% in 2020/21); 1% are learning English as an additional language; and 10% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Year groups range from 42 pupils (Year 13) to 225 (Year 10).

Estyn's report on its December 2025 inspection summarises Ysgol Harri Tudur/Henry Tudor School like this:

"Leaders and staff at Ysgol Harri Tudur strive to provide pupils with a caring environment where every individual is valued and is encouraged to succeed. As a result, many pupils feel well supported and safe in school. However, shortcomings in leadership and provision mean that around half of pupils, including those with additional learning needs (ALN) and those accessing the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) do not always develop positive attitudes to learning or make sufficient progress in developing their knowledge, understanding and skills. Although the majority of pupils engage appropriately with classroom activities, overall, pupils do not consistently demonstrate sufficient independence or resilience in their learning and are too often passive in lessons."

"A few disrupt learning through defiant behaviour. Although leaders work diligently to promote a positive safeguarding culture, the inspection team identified several aspects of the school's approach to safeguarding that raised concerns. In around half of lessons, pupils make appropriate progress. However, in a similar proportion of lessons, weak planning, low expectations, limited questioning and ineffective behaviour management restrict the progress that pupils make."

"Pupils lack meaningful, authentic opportunities to develop their literacy, numeracy, digital and Welsh language skills across the curriculum. Although the school has recently taken a few appropriate steps to strengthen leadership, overall it has had insufficient impact on important aspects of the school's work, for example the effectiveness of teaching and pupils' attendance. Staff are not held to account robustly enough, and leaders do not evaluate the impact of the provision with sufficient accuracy or precision. This means that they are unable to plan for improvement well enough."

Estyn made 6 recommendations: (1) Address the safeguarding issues identified during the inspection; (2) Strengthen processes for self-evaluation and improvement planning so that they focus clearly on the impact of provision on pupils’ progress and well-being; (3) Improve teaching so that all pupils are challenged to make good progress; (4) Improve attendance; (5) Ensure that all staff are held fully accountable for carrying out their roles effectively; (6) Ensure that pupils have meaningful, suitably challenging opportunities across the curriculum to develop their literacy, numeracy, digital and Welsh skills.

Estyn follow-up status: Special Measures.

The nearest railway station is Pembroke Dock Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Pembroke School Grounds (in), 110 metres away.