Cwmcarn High School

The students and people in the area always praised Cwmcarn High, and many protests took place to attempt to keep the school open.

There were prior to the closure of the school short of 400 students attending CHS including the 6th form.

The recently appointed executive headteacher had to draw up plans with other senior leaders for the schools closure.

Cwmcarn High served an area of established housing within a former mining village, but it also had drawn pupils from further afield such as from the nearby city of Newport.

Almost all of the pupils came from semi-rural areas similar to the village that serves the school.