A new management team has been drafted in at a Welsh high school while investigations are carried out following a damning Estyn inspection. Pencoedtre High School in Barry was put into special measures by inspectors last month after they found that teaching expectations were "too low" and there were "high rates of persistent absence". Read more about the inspection findings here.
There have also been claims of bullying made by parents of children attending Pencoedtre High. It is understood the headteacher, Lee Humphreys, is still in post but is on leave. Pencoedtre High, which opened in 2018, was formerly Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School when it was girls only. Pupils and staff moved into new-build £22.8m premises in January 2022.
The Vale of Glamorgan Council and Pencoedtre High School issued a joint statement which said various claims made through formal channels were being investigated, or had been investigated.
