Cowbridge Comprehensive School

General information

Cowbridge Comprehensive School is a secondary school in the town of Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, near Cardiff, Wales.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 and A-Levels.LocationThe School is in the north-eastern outskirts of Cowbridge, in semi-rural location. Originally, the Sixth Form (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 which caters for all years, 7 to 13 and ATG.PerformanceIn 2008-09, 90.5% 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, best in Wales2008 FireOn 4 December 2008, a fire started in one of the temporary buildings at the lower school at about 08:26 am. About 400 11- to 13-year-olds were evacuated to Cowbridge Leisure Centre, and smoke was visible around Cowbridge as firefighters extinguished the lit fire. The lower school was temporarily shut whilst the building was made safe. No one was in the classroom at the time of the fire.