Risca Community Comprehensive School
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Risca Community Comprehensive School is a community comprehensive school
located in the town of Risca
near Newport
on the eastern side of the Caerphilly County Borough, South Wales
. The school was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. There are approximately 500 pupils at the school aged from 11 to 16.
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 in the town of Risca
Risca
Risca is a town of approximately 11,500 people in South Wales, within the Caerphilly County Borough and the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is today part of the Newport conurbation , though it is not a Ward of Newport City Council...
near Newport
Newport
Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...
on the eastern side of the Caerphilly County Borough, South Wales
South Wales
South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...
. The school was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. There are approximately 500 pupils at the school aged from 11 to 16.