Cwmtawe Community School

Cwmtawe Community School
Motto "We can and we will succeed by working together and giving of our best"
Established 1969 (Moved to new building 1996)
Type Comprehensive School
Headteacher Mr C. L. Hitchings
Deputy Headteacher Miss M. Edwards, Mr P. Rogers
Location Parc Ynysderw
Pontardawe
Neath Port Talbot
Wales
Staff 85 teaching, 73 support staff
Students 1,283
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–16
Colours Royal Blue and Gold
Website 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

References

  1. ↑ "What are the benefits of Eco-Schools?". Archived from the original on 2008-09-22.
  2. ↑ 2000 Wales GCSE & GNVQ League Tables
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Extra Curricular". Cwmtawe Community School. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02.
  4. ↑ "Wales too good for Bulgarians". This is South Wales.

Coordinates: 51°42′57″N 3°51′13″W / 51.71583°N 3.85361°W / 51.71583; -3.85361

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