Llantarnam School
| Type | State-funded comprehensive school |
|---|---|
| Head Teacher | Gareth Whitcombe |
| Location |
Llantarnam Road Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 3XB 51°38′11″N 3°00′23″W / 51.6364°N 3.0064°WCoordinates: 51°38′11″N 3°00′23″W / 51.6364°N 3.0064°W |
| Local authority | Torfaen County Borough Council |
| Students | 1400 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Website | www.llantarnamschool.net |
Llantarnam School (Welsh: Ysgol Llantarnam) was a state-funded and non-selective comprehensive school in the Llantarnam suburb of Cwmbran, Torfaen in Wales. The school officially closed in July 2015 in order to make way for a series of new housing developments alongside a new primary school on the site where the current Llantarnam School would merge with Fairwater High School on the Fairwater site to make way for Cwmbran High. It provided education for approximately 1,400 students between the ages of 11 and 19. The school was placed on special measures, after the publication of an unsatisfactory Estyn inspection report in November 2012. The school is now closed down.
The school was split into three main buildings (one of which was split) with two smaller buildings on site. The main buildings were named Ebbw, Llwyd, Usk and Monnow after local rivers such as the Ebbw River, Afon Llwyd, River Usk and River Monnow. These were also the names of the four Houses in the school.The two smaller buildings were referred to as the Design Technology Block and the Science Block.
Each of the three main buildings had three storeys or levels and a main access corridor on the first level which were referred to by students and faculty as Llwyd Corridor, Usk Corridor and Monnow Corridor. The school's canteen was located in Llwyd Building but there had been a second canteen in Usk Building up until 2006. What was Usk Canteen is most recently known as the Sixth Form study area. (see below)
Both the Science block and the Design Technology block used to house other subjects as well as their own. The Science block contained three classrooms and one Science prep room which linked the two Science classrooms. The third classroom was used as a Physical Education theory classroom and had a set of computers connected to the schools network. The Design Technology Block contained two workshops, three Design Technology classrooms and an Art classroom. These classrooms all had smaller rooms used for storage.
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