Fairwater High School
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Fairwater High School is a state-funded and non-selective 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...

 located on Ty Gwyn Road in the Fairwater
Fairwater, Torfaen
Fairwater is a community and suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. Fairwater High School is located here....

 district of Cwmbran
Cwmbran
Cwmbrân is a new town in Wales. Today forming part of the county borough of Torfaen and lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbrân was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Cwmbrân means Crow...

, 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...

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The school is one of three secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

s in Cwmbran. It educates children from the age of 11 up to 18. In addition, the school also houses the community swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...

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Fairwater is a large school that teaches a wide range of subjects. It is separated into five different blocks:
  • Upper school
  • Lower school
  • Science block
  • Design and technology block
  • Leisure centre
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