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Heolddu Comprehensive School

Field	Value
name	Heolddu Comprehensive School
motto	Achieving Excellence Together
address	Mountain Road
town	Bargoed
county	Caerphilly
postcode	CF81 8XL
country	Wales
coordinates
established
local_authority	Caerphilly Council
ofsted	No
headteacher	Nerys Davies
gender	coeducational
age_range	11–18
enrolment	500
alumni	Hefin David Lauren Price
website

Heolddu Comprehensive School is a school located in the town of Bargoed, South Wales, and serves the town of Bargoed as well as the villages of Deri, Aberbargoed, Tir-Phil, Cascade, Gilfach, Tredegar and Brithdir in the Caerphilly LEA. The school has 700 pupils and 40 teaching staff.

History

The building itself was constructed in 1974. Until 2017 the school's motto had been "opportunity for all", it was then changed to “Achieving Excellence Together”.

By 1989 the school began having classes in Japanese as a foreign language. Mike Howarth, then the headmaster, had taken Japanese classes.

Alumni

Hefin David – Member of the Senedd
James Fox – Represented the UK in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest.
Lauren Price – Ex-footballer and professional kickboxer, competing at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games, Olympic Gold Champion.
Tegan Nox – Professional wrestler formerly signed to WWE.
David Price – Professional Golfer. Welsh Amateur Champion, Portuguese Amateur Champion and Welsh International, played on the European Tour . Studied at Heolddu and plays at Bargoed Golf Club
Nathan Cleverly – European and World champion boxer
Kieron Evans – Professional footballer

References

Thomas, Peter. (1989-09-22). "How boyo proposes to talk to Gaffer-san". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
(22 April 2016). "Assembly election 2016: Who is standing in Caerphilly?".
[https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/singer-james-fox-goes-back-2186100 "Singer James Fox goes back to school"], ''[[Wales Online]]'', 29 April 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
(27 June 2007). "Kickboxing: Lauren is a hit with teachers".

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