Torfaen Council needs 'significant improvement' in schools performance, inspectors say

A WELSH council will require “significant improvement” after its education services were deemed “unsatisfactory” by the schools inspectorate.

Estyn said Torfaen’s secondary school performance was among the lowest in Wales on four of the five main Welsh Government indicators.

Too many schools are in the bottom quarter for performance and fixed-term exclusions are increasing.

But there is cause for optimism, with the borough’s capacity to improve considered “adequate”

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