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Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic Comprehensive School ( cy, Ysgol Uwchradd Gatholig Cardinal Newman) is an English speaking
The school consists of 4 main buildings:
*Main Building: Reception area, Assembly Hall, Canteen, Gymnasium, Library, Staff Room, Physical Education Classrooms, Technology Department, Media Classrooms, Changing rooms, History Department and Sixth Form Common Room
*Double Storey Block: Upstairs - English, Geography. Downstairs - French, Italian, Art, Catering and Hospitality.
*Science Building: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Conference Room, Religious Education.
*RE Block: Downstairs - Religious Education, Welsh, Café Area. Upstairs - ICT, Maths, Welsh Baccalaureate Area.
There is also an area with
Roman Catholic
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comprehensive school
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in the village of Rhydyfelin
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near Pontypridd
() (colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Geography
comprises the electoral wards of , Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan ( Rhydfelen), Trallwng (Trallwn) and Treforest (). The ...
, in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf (; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff (Welsh: ''Taf'') and Ely valleys, plus a number of towns and vil ...
, Wales
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, United Kingdom.
Buildings
The school consists of 4 main buildings:
*Main Building: Reception area, Assembly Hall, Canteen, Gymnasium, Library, Staff Room, Physical Education Classrooms, Technology Department, Media Classrooms, Changing rooms, History Department and Sixth Form Common Room
*Double Storey Block: Upstairs - English, Geography. Downstairs - French, Italian, Art, Catering and Hospitality.
*Science Building: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Conference Room, Religious Education.
*RE Block: Downstairs - Religious Education, Welsh, Café Area. Upstairs - ICT, Maths, Welsh Baccalaureate Area.
There is also an area with terrapins
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for instrument study, support staff offices, inclusion and nurture.
History
The school is named afterSaint John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, intellectual, philosopher, polymath, historian, writer, scholar and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and cardin ...
(who was canonised on October 13, 2019). The school was opened in 1969.
Partnerships with the school
The school's previous consortium, which consisted ofPontypridd High School
Pontypridd High School ( cy, 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.
Admiss ...
, Hawthorn High School
Hawthorn High School ( cy, Ysgol Uwchradd Y Hawthorn) is an English-medium comprehensive school in the village of Hawthorn near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was filmed by the CBBC
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and Cardinal Newman RC School, was dissolved after the end of the 2012-13 school year. It was replaced by a different consortium with the inclusion on a new college in Nantgarw
Nantgarw is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, near Cardiff.
From an electoral and administrative perspective Nantgarw falls within the ward of Taffs Well, a village some south, but historically fell within the boundari ...
, Cardiff
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which is located 2.2 miles away. This consortium consists of Cardinal Newman RC School, Coleg Morgannwg
Coleg Morgannwg (English: ''Glamorgan College'') is a former further education college located at four main campuses across Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. In 2013, Coleg Morgannwg merged with Ystrad Mynach College to become Coleg y Cymoedd.
The col ...
(later Coleg Y Cymoedd
Coleg y Cymoedd (English: ''College of The Valleys'') is a further education college located at four main campuses across Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Caerphilly, Wales. Coleg y Cymoedd was formed after the merger of Coleg Morgannwg and Ystrad Mynach ...
) and St David's Catholic College. This consortium ended following the 2017-2018 school year. It has been announced that a new partnership with St David’s Catholic College will begin after the sixth form's last intake in September 2021 due to it being the only R.C post 16 option available to learners after the sixth form ceases to operate.
The school has a partnership with a Ugandan
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school named Bukalasi. They have a few fundraising events to raise money for the school to help them build new buildings. The money is raised and send to the school via CAFOD
The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) is an international development charity and the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. It aims to tackle poverty globally. Through local Catholic Church and secular pa ...
. Teachers from each of the schools visit the other school around once per year.
Alumni
*Robert Earnshaw
Robert Earnshaw (born 6 April 1981) is a Welsh former international footballer who played as a forward. He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the Premier League, all three divisions of the English Football League, the League Cup, ...
who attended the school between 1992 and 1997.
* Tommy O'Sullivan
Thomas Paul O'Sullivan (born 18 January 1995) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Brackley Town.
A Wales youth international, he began his professional career with Cardiff City in 2012, making his debut in th ...
Current Colchester United Playmaker.
* Fionn McLoughlin
Fionn McLoughlin (born 6 September 1982) is an Irish rugby union player. He has represented both Ireland and Wales at youth level. He plays centre, winger and fly half. He is the son of former Ireland and British Lions prop Gerry McLoughlin.
E ...
Irish Rugby Union Player, ex Shannon RUFC, Pontypridd RUFC currently with Royal Tunbridge Wells RUFC.
References
{{authority control Secondary schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf Catholic secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Cardiff Educational institutions established in 1969 1969 establishments in Wales