Cowbridge Comprehensive School is a secondary school

Secondary school

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 in the town of Cowbridge

Cowbridge

Cowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, approximately west of Cardiff. Cowbridge is twinned with Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique department in northwestern France.-Roman times:...

, Vale of Glamorgan

Vale of Glamorgan

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, near Cardiff

Cardiff

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, Wales

Wales

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.

The school has approximately 1,300 pupils, 1,000 of whom are in the secondary years and 300 in the sixth-form years studying for Welsh Baccalaureate, AS-Level

GCE Advanced Level

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 and A-Levels.

Location

The School is in the north-eastern outskirts of Cowbridge, in semi-rural location. Originally, the Sixth Form

Sixth form

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 (Year 12-13) was near the Middle School, based in the former Girls High School building, nearer to the town, and the Lower School (Years 7 and 8) was in the south-west of the town, near the town centre. However, after the redevelopment of the school, all the site's were moved onto the main site.

Performance

In 2008-09, 99.5% of students obtained A* to G grades in 5 or more GCSE exams. 91.6% obtained at least 5 A* to C grades.
In the same year, 99.8% of A-Level students obtained an A-E grade and 87.8% obtained A to C.

Redevelopment

The middle school site was under redevelopment since early 2009 in order to bring all sites onto one campus. The development was estimated to have cost £21.5 million. The redevelopment included the complete construction of a new main building and the refurbishment of several existing buildings. In addition to this, a multitude of sports facilities were constructed. Several of these new facilities are now available for bookings out of school hours to the public.

The newly developed site opened up to pupils for the first time in September 2010, and photos of the school are available on the website.