Pontypridd High School

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Pontypridd High School
Address
Pontypridd High School
Albion Community Campus

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CF37 4SF

Wales
Coordinates 51°37′27″N3°19′18″W / 51.6243°N 3.3216°W / 51.6243; -3.3216
Information
MottoYmdrech A Lwydda
(Success through Effort)
Local authority Rhondda Cynon Taff
Head TeacherHuw Cripps
Gender Coeducational
Age11+
Former nameCoedylan Comprehensive School / Pontypridd County Grammar School
Website http://www.pontypriddhighschool.co.uk

Pontypridd High School (Welsh : Ysgol Uwchradd Pontypridd) (formerly known as Coedylan Comprehensive) is an English-medium comprehensive school in the village of Cilfynydd near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. [1]

Contents

Admissions

It is for ages 11–18. It is on the west side of the A470.

History

Grammar school

It was known as Pontypridd County Grammar School, a boys' grammar school, which had been established in 1895 as a co-educational school, and later became a single-sex school.

Comprehensive

When becoming comprehensive, it was known as Coedylan Comprehensive School.

Notable former pupils

Pontypridd County Grammar School

Coedylan Comprehensive School And Pontypridd High School

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