Croesyceiliog School
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| Motto: | Learning, tolerance, service |
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| Type: | Mixed non-selective comprehensive |
| Students: | 1,647 |
| Location: | Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Headteacher: | Helene Mansfield OBE |
Croesyceiliog School [1] (Welsh: Ysgol Croes-y-ceiliog) is a state-funded secondary school in the Croesyceiliog district of Cwmbran, Torfaen in South Wales. The school is widely refered to as Croesy Comp in the locality.
The school is set on a large and spacious site [2] 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 site originally housed separate grammar and secondary modern schools on the same campus but has since 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. Helene Mansfield OBE.
The school grounds also hosts a local youth centre.
