Banding: Find out where your school ranks

  • Wales
Secondary schools have been placed in bands between 1 and 5. Credit: PA

The Welsh Government has today published its latest rankings for more than 200 secondary schools across Wales.

The so-called 'banding' system ranks them between Band 1 - the best performing - and Band 5 - where a school needs additional support.

They are graded according to a set of measures, including GCSE results, attendance, performance in certain subjects, and the number of pupils from poorer backgrounds.

Teaching unions have criticised the system as 'volatile', with the majority of schools moving bands each year.

The Welsh Government says the system makes it possible to identify schools which are most in need of support.

Find out which band your local secondary school has been placed in below:

BAND 1:

  • Alun School - Flintshire

  • Cwmtawe Community School - Neath Port Talbot

  • Cwrt Sart Community Comprehensive School - Neath Port Talbot

  • Dwr Y Felin Comprehensive School - Neath Port Talbot

  • Ferndale Community School - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Flint High School - Flintshire

  • Glan Afan Comprehensive School - Neath Port Talbot

  • Gowerton Comprehensive School - Swansea

  • Gyfun Aberaeron Comprehensive - Ceredigion

  • Rhyl High School - Denbighshire

  • Stanwell School - Vale of Glamorgan

  • Y Pant Comprehensive - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Ysgol Ardudwy - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Botwnnog - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg - Vale of Glamorgan

  • Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr - Swansea

  • Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe - Swansea

  • Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera - Neath Port Talbot

  • Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones - Anglesey

  • Ysgol Y Moelwyn - Gwynedd

BAND 2:

  • Bassaleg School - Newport

  • Bishop Gore School - Swansea

  • Bishopston Comprehensive - Swansea

  • Brynteg School - Bridgend

  • Caerleon Comprehensive School - Newport

  • Caldicot School - Monmouthshire

  • Cardiff High School - Cardiff

  • Cardinal Newman R.C. - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Castell Alun High School - Flintshire

  • Cefn Hengoed - Swansea

  • Coedcae School - Carmarthenshire

  • Connah's Quay High School - Flintshire

  • Cowbridge Comprehensive School - Vale of Glamorgan

  • Crickhowell High School - Powys

  • Croesyceiliog School - Torfaen

  • Cymer Afan Comprehensive School - Neath Port Talbot

  • Dyffryn School - Neath Port Talbot

  • Dylan Thomas Community School - Swansea

  • Elfed High School - Flintshire

  • Gwernyfed High School - Powys

  • Hawarden High School - Flintshire

  • Lewis Girls' Comprehensive School - Caerphilly

  • Llanidloes High School - Powys

  • Maes Garmon - Flintshire

  • Mountain Ash Comprehensive School - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Newport High School - Newport

  • Olchfa School - Swansea

  • Pencoed Comprehensive - Bridgend

  • Penglais School - Ceredigion

  • Pentrehafod School - Swansea

  • Penyrheol Comprehensive School - Swansea

  • Risca Community Comprehensive - Caerphilly

  • Sir Thomas Picton School - Pembrokeshire

  • St Brigid's School - Denbighshire

  • St Joseph's RC School And 6th Form Centre - Neath Port Talbot

  • St Teilo's C-In-W High School - Cardiff

  • St. Albans R.C. High School - Torfaen

  • St. David's High School - Flintshire

  • St. John Baptist High School - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • The Maelor School - Wrexham

  • Treorchy Comprehensive School - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Ysgol Bryn Elian - Conwy

  • Ysgol David Hughes - Anglesey

  • Ysgol Dinas Bran - Denbighshire

  • Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy - Conwy

  • Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen Bethesda - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Dyffryn Teifi - Ceredigion

  • Ysgol Greenhill School - Pembrokeshire

  • Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni - Caerphilly

  • Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn - Carmarthenshire

  • Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw - Torfaen

  • Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf - Cardiff

  • Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni - Anglesey

  • Ysgol Gyfun Maes-Yr-Yrfa - Carmarthenshire

  • Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig - Ceredigion

  • Ysgol John Bright - Conwy

  • Ysgol Morgan Llwyd - Wrexham

  • Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi - Ceredigion

  • Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern - Anglesey

  • Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi - Anglesey

  • Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd - Denbighshire

BAND 3:

  • Aberdare High School - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Bishop Vaughan School - Swansea

  • Blaengwawr Comprehensive - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Blessed Edward Jones High School - Denbighshire

  • Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School

  • Bryngwyn School - Carmarthenshire

  • Brynmawr Foundation School - Blaenau Gwent

  • Bryntirion Comprehensive - Bridgend

  • Cantonian High School - Cardiff

  • Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School - Neath Port Talbot

  • Chepstow Comprehensive School - Monmouthshire

  • Corpus Christi Catholic High School - Cardiff

  • Cwmcarn High School - Caerphilly

  • Denbigh High School - Denbighshire

  • Eirias High School - Conwy

  • Fairwater High School - Torfaen

  • Fitzalan High School - Cardiff

  • Hawthorn High School - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • John Summers High School - Flintshire

  • Lewis School Pengam - Caerphilly

  • Llangatwg Community School - Neath Port Talbot

  • Llanwern High School - Newport

  • Maesteg Comprehensive School - Bridgend

  • Mary Immaculate High School - Cardiff

  • Newtown High School - Powys

  • Pembroke School - Pembrokeshire

  • Pen-Y-Dre High School - Merthyr Tydfil

  • Porthcawl Comprehensive School - Bridgend

  • Prestatyn High School - Denbighshire

  • Radyr Comprehensive School - Cardiff

  • Rhymney Comprehensive School - Caerphilly

  • Sandfields Comprehensive School - Neath Port Talbot

  • St John Lloyd Catholic Comp School - Carmarthenshire

  • St Joseph's Catholic And Anglican High School - Wrexham

  • St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School - Vale of Glamorgan

  • St. Joseph's R.C. High School - Newport

  • St. Richard Gwyn Catholic High School - Flintshire

  • Tredegar Comprehensive School - Blaenau Gwent

  • Welshpool High School - Powys

  • Willows High School - Cardiff

  • Ysgol Aberconwy - Conwy

  • Ysgol Bro Ddyfi - Powys

  • Ysgol Bro Pedr - Ceredigion

  • Ysgol Brynhyfryd - Denbighshire

  • Ysgol Brynrefail - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Dewi Sant - Pembrokeshire

  • Ysgol Eifionydd - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Emrys Ap Iwan - Conwy

  • Ysgol Friars - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Gyfun Cymer Rhondda - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin - Carmarthenshire

  • Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr - Cardiff

  • Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade - Carmarthenshire

  • Ysgol Tryfan - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Y Berwyn - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Y Gader - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Y Grango - Wrexham

  • Ysgol Y Preseli - Pembrokeshire

BAND 4:

  • Aberdare Girls' School - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Afon Taf High School - Merthyr Tydfil

  • Archbishop McGrath Catholic School - Bridgend

  • Argoed School - Flintshire

  • Birchgrove - Swansea

  • Bishop Hedley High School - Merthyr Tydfil

  • Bishop Of Llandaff Church In Wales High School - Cardiff

  • Blackwood Comprehensive School - Caerphilly

  • Brecon High School - Powys

  • Bryncelynnog Comprehensive School - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Builth Wells High School - Powys

  • Cathays High School - Cardiff

  • Cyfarthfa High School - Merthyr Tydfil

  • Cynffig Comprehensive - Bridgend

  • Darland High School - Wrexham

  • Duffryn High School - Newport

  • Dyffryn Taf - Carmarthenshire

  • Ebbw Fawr Learning Community - Blaenau Gwent

  • Glyn Derw High School - Cardiff

  • Holywell High School - Flintshire

  • Llandrindod High School - Powys

  • Llanedeyrn High - Cardiff

  • Llanfyllin High School - Powys

  • Llanishen - Cardiff

  • Llantwit Major School - Vale of Glamorgan

  • Monmouth Comprehensive School - Monmouthshire

  • Newbridge School - Caerphilly

  • Oakdale Comprehensive - Caerphilly

  • Pontarddulais Comprehensive School - Swansea

  • Pontllanfraith Comprehensive - Caerphilly

  • Queen Elizabeth High School - Carmarthenshire

  • Rhosnesni High School - Wrexham

  • St Cenydd School - Caerphilly

  • St Cyres Comprehensive School - Vale of Glamorgan

  • St Julian's School - Newport

  • St Martin's School - Caerphilly

  • The Pontypridd High School - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Tonypandy Community College - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • West Monmouth School - Torfaen

  • Whitchurch High School - Cardiff

  • Ysgol Bro Gwaun - Pembrokeshire

  • Ysgol Bryn Alyn - Wrexham

  • Ysgol Glan Y Mor - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Ysgol Gyfun Pantycelyn - Carmarthenshire

  • Ysgol Maesydderwen - Powys

  • Ysgol Rhiwabon - Wrexham

  • Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen - Gwynedd

  • Ysgol Tre-Gib - Carmarthenshire

  • Ysgol Uwchradd Caereinion High School - Powys

  • Ysgol Y Creuddyn - Conwy

BAND 5:

  • Abersychan Comprehensive - Torfaen

  • Abertillery Comprehensive - Blaenau Gwent

  • Barry Comprehensive School - Vale of Glamorgan

  • Bedwas High School - Caerphilly

  • Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen - Bridgend

  • Glan-Y-Mor School - Carmarthenshire

  • Heolddu Comprehensive School - Caerphilly

  • John Beddoes School - Powys

  • King Henry VIII Comprehensive - Monmouthshire

  • Llanrumney High School - Cardiff

  • Llantarnam School - Torfaen

  • Lliswerry High School - Newport

  • Michaelston Community College - Cardiff

  • Milford Haven School - Pembrokeshire

  • Morriston Comprehensive - Swansea

  • Porth County Community - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Rumney High School - Cardiff

  • St. Illtyd's Catholic High School - Cardiff

  • Tasker-Milward V.C. School - Pembrokeshire

  • Tonyrefail School - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Ysgol Dyffryn Aman - Carmarthenshire

  • Ysgol Clywedog - Wrexham

  • Ysgol Llanhari - Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • Ysgol Uwchradd Tregaron - Ceredigion

  • Ysgol Y Gwendraeth - Carmarthenshire