Rumney High School was an

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medium co-educational, community school in the Rumney area of

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. The school served the communities of Rumney and

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on the eastern side of Cardiff and was opened in the 1950s alongside

Llanrumney High School Llanrumney High School () was an English medium co-educational, community secondary school located in the Llanrumney area of Cardiff, Wales. History The school served the communities of Llanrumney, Pentwyn and St Mellons on the eastern side of ...

. Rumney High School was opened in the 1950s as Cae'r Castell School. In 1958 the school was used as one of the venues for the Sixth Commonwealth Games, hosting all seven

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competitions. The event saw Wales take two bronze medals, in the team sabre and foil events, and several of the competitions were attended by

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and

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the future Prince of Wales. A proposal to close Rumney High School and

was published by the

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on 20 March 2009. A total of 1257 objections were registered during the objection period to 20 May 2009. The proposal was due to be implemented in 2012 but was overturned in mid-2011. Reasons cited include the fact that both of the schools were old and falling into a state of disrepair; the intention was to rebuild one new state of the art high school building on the existing Llanrumney site, with Rumney High School grounds being sold to fund the project. The proposed new school would form a partnership with

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and

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, with pupils entering further education at

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, or elsewhere in the city where appropriate. However, these plans were abandoned. Instead Llanrumney High School closed in August 2013, with all students being transferred to Rumney High School. Rumney High School itself was closed in August 2014. The new Eastern High School opened on the site in September 2014, before moving to its new home at the Eastern Community Campus on Trowbridge Road in January 2018.Katie-Ann Gupwell,
This is what Cardiff’s new superschool Eastern Community Campus looks like
, ''WalesOnline'', 10 January 2018; accessed 15 February 2019.

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