Has Darland High School been inspected?

Estyn has inspected Darland High School, and its most recent report is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the inspection date and a link to the full report on the Estyn website.

How many pupils are at Darland High School?

Darland High School has 682 pupils on roll.

Is Darland High School full?

Darland High School has capacity for 987 pupils and 682 on roll (69%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.

Is Darland High School a faith school?

No. Darland High School has no designated religious character.

Does Darland High School publish exam results?

Wales does not publish school-level exam results under an open licence, so this page shows the characteristics the Welsh Government does release, such as the share of pupils eligible for free school meals, rather than exam data. Its inspection report is on the Estyn website.

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Darland High School

Darland High School

Chester Road, Rossett, LL12 0DL

Phase: Secondary
Gender: Not applicable
Language: English medium school / provision
Constituency: Wrexham
Setting: Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Pupils on roll: 682
URN: 401714
Local authority: Wrexham
Telephone: 01244570588

About this school

Darland High School is a secondary school in Rossett. It has 682 pupils on roll.

Estyn has inspected it, and the inspection section below links to the full report. The school census figures the Welsh Government publishes, such as the share of pupils eligible for free school meals, are shown below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.

Estyn inspection

Wales: Estyn

Inspected 3 March 2021 · Secondary

This inspection took place under Estyn's previous framework, which gave summative grades. Those grades are published in the report itself, which OfferDay links to in full rather than reproducing.

Read the full inspection report on Estyn's website

School characteristics

From the Welsh Government school census, latest 3 years.

Free school meals (3-year average)

2022/23

15.8%

2023/24

14.2%

2024/25

12.6%

The Welsh Government's headline measure of a school's level of deprivation.

English as an additional language

2022/23

1.2%

2023/24

1.8%

2024/25

Wales does not publish school-level exam results under an open licence, so OfferDay does not show attainment figures for Welsh schools. Estyn reports on each school, and the Welsh Government publishes results at national and local-authority level.

Location

Nearby schools

St Peter's CIW Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Welsh schools · Wrexham

0.2 miles
The Rofft C.P. School
Welsh schools · Wrexham

1.9 miles
All Saints Primary School
Welsh schools · Wrexham

2.5 miles
Park Community Primary School
Welsh schools · Wrexham

2.8 miles
Barker's Lane C.P. School
Welsh schools · Wrexham

3.3 miles

Common questions

What kind of school is Darland High School?: Darland High School is a secondary school in Rossett.
Has Darland High School been inspected?: Estyn has inspected Darland High School, and its most recent report is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the inspection date and a link to the full report on the Estyn website.
How many pupils are at Darland High School?: Darland High School has 682 pupils on roll.
Is Darland High School full?: Darland High School has capacity for 987 pupils and 682 on roll (69%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
Is Darland High School a faith school?: No. Darland High School has no designated religious character.
Does Darland High School publish exam results?: Wales does not publish school-level exam results under an open licence, so this page shows the characteristics the Welsh Government does release, such as the share of pupils eligible for free school meals, rather than exam data. Its inspection report is on the Estyn website.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register and the Welsh Government's address list of schools. Inspection information comes from Estyn, and pupil characteristics from the Welsh Government's school census. OfferDay links to each Estyn report rather than reproducing it. This page was last updated on 25 June 2025.