Established May 1962 Chair Mr. Neil Bradley Phone +44 29 2085 9800 Number of students 680 | Headteacher Mr P Ward Gender Both Color Navy Blue Founded May 1962 | |
Location Newport RoadBedwasCaerphillyCF83 8BJWales Motto Caring and Achieving - (Gofalu a Chyflawni) Similar St Cenydd Compreh School, Cwmcarn High School, Eastern High, Lewis Girls' School, St Martin's School Profiles | ||
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Bedwas High School, formerly known as Bedwas Comprehensive School, is a comprehensive school located east of the Welsh village of Bedwas, Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It has a total enrollment of about 680 pupils ages 11 to 19.
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Bedwas High School was inspected by Estyn, the office of Her Majesty's School Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales, in 2007 and the school received a favorable report with five 2's and two 1's.
In 2015-16 the school was ranked in the red support category by the Welsh categoristion system. This is the lowest of the 4 possible ratings.
There are approximately 680 pupils on roll including those in the sixth form. The school was officially opened in May 1962 (although pupils had been attending since the previous September) to relocate the Tyn-y-Wern Secondary School from Trethomas. Originally, the school was a community school in Monmouthshire County Council but when county boundaries were revised in 1973, it became one of 46 comprehensive schools in Mid Glamorgan.
As a result of local Government reorganisation in 1996, it became one of 16 comprehensive schools in Caerphilly County Borough. From September 2007, as the result of closure of two of the Secondary Schools in the Borough (Bedwellty in 2005 and St Ilan in 2007), it became one of 14 secondary schools.
The school serves the community to the east of the River Rhymney. This is made up of the villages of Bedwas, Trethomas, Graig-y-Rhacca and Machen. Bedwas high school has five feeder schools in the school's designated catchment area (including Plasyfelin from September 2007) but, in addition, approximately 10% of the pupils come to Bedwas high school from outside the catchment area.
Estyn report from April 2013
Copies of this report are available from the school and from the Estyn website www.estyn.gov.uk/english/provider/6764093
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Bedwas High School is an English-medium 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive school situated to the east of Caerphilly. The school serves the communities from the villages of Bedwas, Trethomas, Graig-y-Rhacca and Machen. The number of pupils has increased from 694 at the time of the last inspection to the current 752.Around 26% of pupils are entitled to free school meals, which is higher than the national average of 17.4%, and 41% of pupils live in 20% most deprived areas of Wales.
The pupils entering the school represent the full range of ability and around 22% have a special educational need. This figure is higher than the national average of 18.6%. Around 3% of pupils have statements of special educational needs. This compares with 2.6% for Wales as a whole. A very few pupils receive support to learn English as an additional language and a very few pupils come from minority-ethnic backgrounds. A very small number of the pupils speak Welsh as their first language.The headteacher has been in post since September 2008. Following the retirement of the school’s deputy headteacher, the school appointed an acting deputy headteacher in September 2012.