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The History of Llangatwg

The current site of Llangatwg School in Cadoxton was initially opened in 1930 as the Central Mixed School. It became a Senior School in 1935 and at that time was housed entirely in what is now the Old Block of the current school.

In the 1960's a total of three Secondary modern Schools served the Neath valley, namely Cadoxton School, Ynysfach School and Cwmnedd School.

In 1968 the decision was made to amalgamate the three Secondary modern Schools to form one School, Llangatwg Secondary School.

In 1973 Cwmdulais School was added to Llangatwg School to create the new Llangatwg Comprehensive School. This new school was a two-site school.
 

In January 1994 Llangatwg became a one-site comprehensive school at its current site in Cadoxton. In order to unify the school at Cadoxton an extensive building programme was undertaken.

As a result Llangatwg acquired really outstanding facilities including a new teaching block housing the Mathematics and English departments, a new kitchen and dining area, a completely refurbished and remodelled CDT block and a new Music Suite.

A new astroturf artificial playing surface was opened in June 1996.

1994 - Plaque to commemorate opening of Llangatwg as a single site school

In 2008, Llangatwg was renamed from a Comprehensive to Llangatwg Community School.