Mountain Ash Comprehensive School
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| Motto |
Deuparth Bonedd yw Dysg (The Root of Nobility Lies in Education) |
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| Type | Comprehensive School |
| Headteacher / Prifathro | Samantha Evans |
| Location |
Dyffryn Site, New Road Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf CF45 4DG Wales 
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| Local authority | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Students | approx 1,100 |
| Gender | Male and Female |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Green and Black |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 51°41′19″N 3°23′22″W / 51.68861°N 3.38944°W
Mountain Ash Comprehensive School (Welsh: Ysgol Gyfun Aberpennar), known as MACS, is a comprehensive school near Cwmpennar near the town of Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The school was formerly known as Mountain Ash Grammar School (Welsh: Ysgol Ramadeg Aberpennar) and is located near the former Dyffryn Colliery.
The Welsh Assembly Government placed all secondary schools in Wales into one of five bands according to a number of factors, such as performance across the three core subjects, attendance levels and the number of pupils on free school meals, with one being the best and five being the worst. Mountain Ash Comprehensive School was ranked at Band 2, this places Mountain Ash as one of the 5 best schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf and among the top 35% of schools in Wales.
Mountain Ash Comprehensive School is a mixed sex school with approximately 1,100 pupils, including about 150 in the sixth form.
The school's catchment area includes:
A few pupils come from further away, including from Aberaman, Abercwmboi and Cwmbach.
A high proportion of the pupils move on to Sixth Form, college or other training organisations.
Mountain Ash Comprehensive School is now one of the best/top performing schools in Wales which around 78% of the pupils in the school achieve a pass rate result of 5 A* - C grades in GCSE/BTEC.
The following is a list of the main feeder primary schools:
Mountain Ash Comprehensive School offers a range of subjects. Subjects that are taught at the school include: English, Cymraeg (Welsh), Science, Maths, Art, Music, Personal and Social Education (PSE), Physical Education (PE), Information Communications Technology (ICT), Religious Studies (RS), Geography, History, French, Drama, Business Studies, Public Services, Design Technology (which includes: Wood work, Home Economics, Engineering, Textiles), Hospitality, Child care, Vocational Studies.
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