Ysgol Maesteg School is an English language
comprehensive school situated in the town of
Maesteg
Maesteg is a town and community (Wales), community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Maesteg lies at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with Neath Port Talbot. In 2011, Maesteg had a population of 20,612. The English ...
in the
South Wales Valleys of south-eastern
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
. The former and more commonly used name of the school is Maesteg Comprehensive School, or Ysgol Gyfun Maesteg. Its uniform shows the name as Ysgol Maesteg.
As of September 2017, Maesteg Comprehensive School introduced a mobile phone ban to prevent cyberbullying and changed the uniform.
The school's old site was taken over by the newly established Welsh medium school,
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd is the borough of Bridgend's only Welsh medium secondary school. The school opened on 3 September 2008 on the site of the former Maesteg Comprehensive Upper School in Llangynwyd.
In 2015, the school had 607 pupi ...
, on 3 September 2008 and has recently been downgraded from being a green rated school down 2 spaces to an amber.
The school was rated band 2 (one of the higher performing schools in Wales) after being recently upgraded from band 3 as part of the Welsh governments school banding system, with over 55% of its pupils living in the 20% most deprived areas of Wales. 42% of its students achieved 5 A*-C GCSEs including English or Welsh + Maths in 2010.
BBC News – The Welsh government school banding table revealed
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As of 2020/2021, the school has 82.5% of students in the school on the ALN list.
The school was originally a split site, with a site at Llwynderw, which has since been demolished and is now a residential estate.
Feeder schools
* Caerau Primary School
* Plasnewydd Primary School
* Garth Primary School
* Cwmfelin Primary School
* Nantyfyllon Primary School
* Llangynwyd Primary School
References
External links
''Maesteg Comprehensive''—School websiteCarbon challengeWelsh Assembly Press release
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Secondary schools in Bridgend County Borough
Maesteg
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