| Motto | Meliora Spectare (L. "Look to better things") |
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| Established | 1923 |
| Type | Secondary School |
| Headteacher | Mrs. P. Ward |
| Specialism | Language College |
| Location | Sandygate Wath-upon-Dearne Rotherham South Yorkshire S63 7NW England |
| Local authority | Rotherham |
| DfE URN | 106954 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | approx. 1,800 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Colours | Maroon (yrs 7–11) / Black and Maroon (VI form) |
| Website | Wath Comprehensive School |
Wath Comprehensive School is a co-educational secondary school on Sandygate in Wath-upon-Dearne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.
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It is a specialist Language College, with approximately 1,800 pupils between the ages of 11 and 18.
The school also has a sixth form which currently has around 300 pupils. The school also has a school council, which contributes to the decisions made by the head and speaks on behalf of all the students in all years.
The simplified version of its arms, worn by the lower school, features a torch and a river, while the full version, worn by the Sixth Form only, also features a book and a tool. Its motto is Meliora Spectare, Latin for Look to better things.
The school has six houses, named after ancient cities - Carthage, Sparta, Rome, Troy, Athens and Thebes.
Although the school has links to a seventeenth century school that existed in Wath, it was founded in 1923 as Wath-upon-Dearne Grammar School, more popularly-known as Wath Grammar School. The school was expanded with many new buildings in the early 1950s. In 1964, with the scrapping of the eleven-plus exam in the area, the school absorbed Park Road Secondary Modern School, although it was some time before it was designated a comprehensive school in 1972 and renamed as such in 1974. The secondary modern building became the first year wing of the school, however was recently demolished.
A major Private Finance Initiative (PFI) rebuild in the last few years has seen the school mostly housed in brand-new buildings, although the loss of the oldest buildings was not without controversy, particularly the traditional 1930s part of the school which was set around two quadrangles. In 2008 the rebuilding was completed with the addition of a public Leisure Centre including a swimming pool.
There is a huge disparity between its GCSE and A level results. At GCSE, it gets results just above the England average. At A level it gets the best results in Rotherham and the 21st best in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and well above the England average. There are also sporting facilities in the school grounds.