Headteacher Mr Phillip Collins DfE URN 401855 Tables Ages 11–16 Motto Learning To Live | Chair Ron Marchant Ofsted Reports Phone +44 1495 773068 | |
Location Incline Road
Abersychan, Pontypool
NP4 7DF Address Incline Rd, Abersychan, Pontypool NP4 7DF, UK | ||
Abersychan school choir music director susan golding
Abersychan School is a state-funded and non-selective comprehensive school in the Pontypool suburb of Abersychan, Wales.
Contents
- Abersychan school choir music director susan golding
- Admissions
- Comprehensive
- Sports
- Notable alumni
- Abersychan Grammar School
- References
Mr Phillip Collins is the current Headteacher, started in September 2015. Mrs Charlotte Leaves is currently Acting Deputy Headteacher until the end of the Summer term.
Admissions
Abersychan School has 870 pupils on roll. It serves the north of Torfaen including the communities of Blaenavon, Garndiffaith, Talywain, Abersychan, Pontnewynedd, Cwmffrwdoer, Trevethin, Penygarn and St Cadocs. The local diversity is exemplified by the fact that some areas qualify for Communities First status, while the northern half of the Afon Llwyd encompasses a World Heritage Site.
The school supports a Special Needs Resources Base for pupils in Torfaen with MLD.
Comprehensive
The closure of Trevethin Community School in September 2007 has resulted in large numbers of pupils from its former catchment choosing Abersychan as their preferred school.
The re-organisation of education in the north of the borough was supported by a capital investment in Abersychan School which has improved the teaching and learning facilities, most notably in the form of several classrooms, a sports laboratory, an ICT suite with a 60 PC capacity, an Art and Technology design area, a floodlit astro-turf and a sports field. In 2009 a multi-media learning plaza was opened. In January 2008 the school received a Welsh Secondary Schools Association award for its outstanding contribution to the transition of pupils from the Trevethin Community School to Abersychan School during the period 2006-7.
Phillip Collins is the current Headteacher. Michael Conway retired at the end of August 2015 after 10 years of being Headteacher.
Sports
Teams from the school have won regional, national and UK competitions in Magistrates' Courts, Stock Market Challenge, Girls' Rugby, Design and Construction, and Dance.