[3] The central school opened 3 April 1922 for boys and girls on the site of Cwmgwyn Farm.

[4] The single story buildings were wooden demountables, brought as World War One military surplus from Salisbury Plain.

During the Second World War from 1940, the buildings were used by the military, and the children attended Oxford Street School.

There were four classes in each of Years 1 - 5 (North, South, East and West; previously S, R, Q and P) as well as Upper and Lower Sixth Forms.

[1] The buildings were used by Olchfa Comprehensive School while it had to close between 1974 and 1976 while high alumina cement used during its construction was removed.

In the early 1980s there were proposals within the local education authority to use the site for a Welsh-medium 11 - 13 or 11 - 16 comprehensive school for West Glamorgan but these were not carried out.