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Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic School, Rhydyfelin

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51°35′06″N 3°18′14″W / 51.585°N 3.304°W / 51.585; -3.304

Cardinal Newman RC School
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Location
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Pontypridd, Wales
Information
TypeComprehensive School
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1969
HeadteacherJ O'Sullivan
Websitehttp://cardinalnewman.co.uk/

Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic Comprehensive School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Gatholig Cardinal Newman) is an English speaking Roman Catholic comprehensive school in the village of Rhydyfelin near Pontypridd, in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom.

Buildings

The Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic School.

The school consists of 4 main buildings:

  • Main Building: Reception area, Assembly Hall, Canteen, Stage, Chapel, Gymnasium, Library, Staff Room, Physical Education Classrooms, Music Classrooms, Technology Department and Special Needs Classroom.
  • Double Storey Block: Upstairs - English, Geography, History, Special Learning Room. Downstairs - French, Italian, Child Development, Catering and Hospitality, Film and Media.
  • Science Building: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, History, Science Study Room.
  • Sixth Form Block: Downstairs - Religious Education, Welsh, Café Area. Upstairs - ICT, Maths, Welsh Baccalaureate Area.

There is also an area with terrapins for Art and instrument study.

History

The school is named after the famous catholic, Blessed John Henry Newman and was opened in 1969.

Partnerships with the School

The school's current consortium, which consists of Pontypridd High School, Hawthorne High School and Cardinal Newman RC School, will be dissolved after the end of the 2012-13 school year. It is in progress of being replaced by a different consortium with the inclusion on a new college in Nantgarw, Cardiff which is located 2.2 miles away. The new consortium consists of Cardinal Newman RC School, Coleg Morgannwg and St David's Catholic College.

The school has a partnership with a Ugandan school named Bukalasi. They have a few fundraising events to raise money for the school to help them build new buildings. The money is raised and send to the school via CAFOD. Teachers from each of the schools visit the other school around once per year.

Alumni


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