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

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The school is one of three secondary school

Secondary school

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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

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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