Croesyceiliog School

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Croesyceiliog School

Motto Learning, tolerance, service
Type Mixed non-selective comprehensive
Students 1,647
Location Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom
Headteacher Mrs. H. Mansfield, OBE

Croesyceiliog School (Welsh: Ysgol Croes-y-ceiliog) is a state-funded secondary school in the Croesyceiliog district of Cwmbran, Torfaen in South Wales.

The school is set on a large and spacious site that borders Woodland Road Park. The school is coeducational and provides education for 11–18 year olds. There are currently 1,647 pupils on roll, making it the largest school in Torfaen.

Most pupils come from the areas of Croesyceiliog, Llanyrafon, Maendy and Pontnewydd; however the sixth form attracts students from as far as parts of Newport and Pontypool.

The school was originally conceived as a grammar school but has since, as with all grammar schools in Wales, been converted into a standard comprehensive school. The school was known as Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School until the late 1990s when it dropped the comprehensive from its title, bringing it into line with other schools in the county borough (although there are still numerous examples of schools in the area that have kept comprehensive or high in their titles).

At present the headteacher is Mrs. H. Mansfield OBE.