Coedcae School Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About us . Ysgol Coedcae School . 5 November 2020.
  2. News: Youle . Richard . Dogged pupils overcome nerves and thrive as the first full week of school in months comes to a close . . 5 July 2020.