Cwmtawe Community School
| Cwmtawe Community School | |
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| Address | |
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Parc Ynysderw , | |
| Information | |
| Type | Comprehensive School |
| Motto | "We can and we will succeed by working together and giving of our best" |
| Established | 1969 (Moved to new building 1996) |
| Head teacher | Mr C. L. Hitchings |
| Staff | 85 teaching, 73 support staff |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 1,283 |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Royal Blue and Gold |
| Website | http://www.cwmtawe.org |
Cwmtawe Community School (in Welsh: Ysgol Gymunedol Cwmtawe) Formerly known as Pontardawe Technical School and Cwmtawe Comprehensive School, is a modern, English-medium education comprehensive school situated in Pontardawe, South Wales.
The school moved to newly built premises in 1996, its old building was being used by the local Welsh-language primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontardawe, until it was demolished in 2010. Cwmtawe recently won an eco-schools award for environmentally friendly schools, which is based on school improvements, community and curriculum links as well as saving money and raising awareness.[1] Although Cwmtawe is not a Welsh-medium school, Welsh is taught at second-language level, as it is mandatory under the National Curriculum that all Welsh school children up to the age of 16 be taught the language.
Cwmtawe has very good Key Stage 3 and GCSE results that exceed the targets set in the national standard for Wales.[2] In 2000 the school was in 113th place in Wales for GCSE passes (based on 5 GCSEs, grades A*-C). Since then, however, examination results have improved dramatically and according to the latest inspection report by Estyn the school has a GCSE pass rate of 73%, putting it in equal 12th place (and within the top 10% of all schools) in Wales.
Feeder primary schools
The feeder primary schools for Cwmtawe are:
- Alltwen Primary School
- Godre'r Graig Primary School
- Llangiwg Primary School
- Rhos Primary School
- Rhydyfro Primary School
- Cynlais Primary School (Until the school's closure in 2012)
Notable former pupils
Sports
- Justin Tipuric, rugby union player
- Bleddyn Bowen, rugby union player[3]
- Aled Brew, rugby union player[3]
- Lee Carter, Welsh, British, European and World karate/kickboxing medalist[3]
- Loren Dykes, football player[4]
- Gareth Edwards, rugby union player[3]
- James Griffiths, rugby union player[3]
- Robert Jones, rugby union player[3]
- Sir Clive Lewis, High Court Judge
- Joanne Melen, judo Commonwealth Games medalist[3]
- Elgan Rees, rugby union player[3]
- Arwel Thomas, rugby union player[3]
- Nicholas Stubbs, rugby union player[3]
External links
References
- ^ "What are the benefits of Eco-Schools?".
- ^ 2000 Wales GCSE & GNVQ League Tables
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Extra Curricular". Cwmtawe Community School.
- ^ "Wales too good for Bulgarians". This is South Wales.
