Cefn Saeson (Ysgol Gyfun Cefn Saeson) is a mixed, English-medium

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in the Cimla suburb of

Neath Neath (; cy, Castell-nedd) is a market town and community situated in the Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,258 in 2011. Historica ...

, Wales. The school serves 11 to 16-year-olds living in Cimla, Tonna, Tonmawr,

Pontrhydyfen Pontrhydyfen (or Pont-rhyd-y-fen) is a small village in the Afan Valley, in Neath Port Talbot county borough in Wales (). The village sits at the confluence of the River Afan and the smaller Afon Pelenna, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north of the lar ...

and parts of Neath. The school is located on Afan Valley Road. A new school was built in 2021 on the football field of the existing school dating from the early 1970's and now demolished. 'Cefn' can have a meaning in English of mountain ridge and 'Saeson' means Englishman. The school motto is 'Bid Ben, Bid Bont' ('To be a leader, one must be a bridge')

Teaching awards

Former headmaster, Alun Griffiths, received the 2005 award for Headteacher of the Year in the Welsh division of the Teaching Awards. Former deputy headmaster, Peter Jones, has recently won the Tedd Wragg Lifetime Achievement Award, given at a large gala in central London by

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and broadcast on

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'Teaching Awards Honour Unusual Approaches and Remarkable Individuals'
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Notable alumni

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(born 1998), Olympic swimmer * Sian James (born 1959), MP for Swansea East

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