Lewis Girls Comprehensive School is a comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 in Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. The School was established subsiquent to its partner School 'Lewis Boy's School' situated in Glan-y-Nant, Pengam

Pengam

Pengam is a former coal community in the Rhymney Valley, Caerphilly county borough, in Wales. As of 2001, it has a population of 3,842.-Location and population:...

. The School was primarily established for female students yet as in recent years has allowed male members from local comprehensive schools to enroll in its sixth form

Sixth form

In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...

 and study subjects under Lewis Girls teaching staff.

The School's motto is 'HEDD' - Harmoney, Excellence, Diligence and Dedication.

Address:
Lewis Girls' Comprehensive School
Oakfield Street,
Ystrad Mynach

Ystrad Mynach

Ystrad Mynach is a town in the County Borough of Caerphilly, previously within the ancient traditional county of Glamorgan, Wales, and is 5 miles north of Caerphilly town. It has a population of around 13,500 and stands in the Rhymney Valley . Before the Industrial Revolution and the coming of coal...

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Hengoed

Hengoed

Hengoed ) is a village on the west side of the Rhymney Valley - between Ystrad Mynach to the South and Cefn Hengoed to the North. Across the valley it looks towards Maesycwmmer...

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Caerphilly

Caerphilly

Caerphilly is a town in the county borough of Caerphilly, south Wales, located at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley, with a population of approximately 31,000. It is a commuter town of Cardiff and Newport, which are located some 7.5 miles and 12 miles away, respectively...

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Authority:
Caerphilly

Type:
Girls
Admissions:
Comprehensive

Gender of entry:
Girls

Age range:
11-18

Number of students:
2000

Gender of sixth form:
Girls/boys

Last inspection:
March 2004.