Coedcae School | |
Native Name: | Ysgol Coedcae |
Coordinates: | 51.6793°N -4.1457°W |
Motto: | I'r gorau, ein gorau 'To the best, Our best' |
Established: | 1900 |
Pupils: | 880 |
Address: | Trostre Road |
Postcode: | SA15 1LJ |
Type: | Comprehensive |
Head: | Tracy Senchal[1] |
Coedcae School (Welsh: Welsh: Ysgol Coedcae) is a comprehensive school in Llanelli, Wales. it has 880 pupils,[2] aged from 11 to 16 years old. The school uniform is black trousers, white shirt and red and silver tie (Purple and silver for senior pupils) and a black jumper with the school logo. The current head teacher is Tracy Senchal, the school has around 70 teachers.
Coedcae was placed in school quality group 2, 1 being excellent and 5 being poor.
Notable past students include the cricketer Simon Jones and the athlete Dai Greene. The 2011/2012 school year marked the end of deputy headmaster, Mr Robert Davies', 37 year teaching career as he retired.
2013 saw Coedcae getting a 48% pass rate at GCSEs grade A-C, decreasing in 2014 to a 39% pass rate. This was a drastic improvement from the 49% pass rate in the school year 2010/2011.