Abertillery Learning Community is an

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Abertillery Abertillery (; ) is a town and community (Wales), community in Blaenau Gwent County Borough, Wales. It is located in the Ebbw Fach Valley, Ebbw Fach valley, and the Monmouthshire (historic), historic county of Monmouthshire. The surrounding lan ...

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. The school was formed by merging several schools in 2016. Abertillery Comprehensive School was originally opened in 1986, on a former colliery site. This school was merged with four local

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s. As of 2020, the school's most recent

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inspection was in 2018, with a judgement that the school needs significant improvement. In 2019, the school was undergoing a review of teaching, with some posts likely to be cut; at this point the school had had three headteachers in two years.

List of campuses

*Secondary Campus - Abertillery Learning Community *Tillery Street Primary Campus *Roseheyworth Road Millenium Primary Campus *Six Bells Primary Campus

Former campuses

*Queen Street Primary Campus *Bryngwyn Road Primary Campus

References

External links

* Secondary schools in Blaenau Gwent Educational institutions established in 1986 1986 establishments in Wales

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