Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School

Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School is a comprehensive school in the town of Neath in South Wales.AdmissionsThe school is for ages 11-16. It is situated off the A474 next to Neath Port Talbot College (former Neath College before 1996) and close to the former Nidum Roman fort.HistoryFormer schoolsThe former schools were Neath Grammar School for Boys and Rhydhir Secondary Modern School in Neath Abbey. Neath Girls' Grammar School was on Cadoxton Road (A4230). Neath Grammar School was noted for producing many well-known rugby players and for its music (choirs). Rhydhir has now been replaced by state-of-the-art teaching facilities on the upper school site, making Dwr-y-felin a single site school, with over 1100 pupils. The site amalgamation took place on 6 September 2012.ComprehensiveThe school opened its doors for the first time in September 1973 following the ending of grammar school education in the Neath area. The Upper School is housed on Dwr-y-Felin Road in the buildings of the former grammar school adjacent to Neath Port Talbot College, while the Lower School is situated on the campus of the former secondary modern school in Longford, Neath Abbey now it is all located on a singular site on the upper school site with an extra building having been built costing the school 9.7 million pounds.