Barry Comprehensive School has been removed from a list of ‘schools requiring significant improvement’ by Estyn, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales.
Inspectors placed the school on the list as a result of an inspection in 2013 and made recommendation for improvement in a number of areas. The follow-up inspection in September this year found that the school had made sufficient progress in relation to the recommendations for the school to be removed from the list.
The monitoring report, released today, shows that the school has made strong progress in the improvement of teaching, marking and attendance. Persistent absenteeism has fallen by 20% since 2013 and the school is now in the top 25% of schools for attendance.
Vale MP Alun Cairns has written to congratulate staff and pupils, saying that “the strong progress shown is a result of hard work and determination at all levels”.
Mr Cairns said, “Pupils and teachers at Barry Comprehensive, particularly the leadership team, fully deserve to be commended for the improvements that have occurred over the past three years. I am in no doubt that this positive report are a result of determination and hard work as well as improved practices.
“Barry Comprehensive has not only addressed the recommendations made in the previous report, but exceeded them. I hope all staff at the school feel as proud as they should for the consistently good work that they are doing, reflected in this new report.”