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St Alban's RC High School
Address
The Park Pontypool , Torfaen , NP4 6XG Wales
Information
Type	Voluntary aided secondary school
Motto	Miles Christi Sum (I am a soldier of Christ)
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1924
Local authority	Torfaen
Headteacher	Stephen Lord
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	1060 (2012)
Houses	C, D, E, G, L
Website	http://www.stalbans-pontypool.org.uk

St Alban's RC High School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Catholig Sain Alban) is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Pontypool, Torfaen, Wales.^[1] The school provides education from ages 11-16. The school is situated in Park House, the former home of the Hanbury family in Pontypool Park.

Built in the late seventeenth century by local ironmaster, Major John Hanbury, the house is in a style popularised by the architect Inigo Jones.

In 1923 the Hanbury family sold the property to the Sisters of the Order of the Holy Ghost. It was initially reopened as a girls' day and boarding school. In 1963, control of the school was passed to the Archdiocese of Cardiff to become St Alban’s RC High School.^[2]

In March 2023 - St Albans R.C. High School have opened the doors to its newly refurbished library, thanks to a £1.2 million grant from the Welsh Government. ^[3]

According to the Autumn 2008 report by Estyn, the school has a GCSE pass rate of 75% (based on 5 GCSEs, grades A-C) which puts it in equal 17th place in Wales and within the top 10% of secondary schools in Wales. The inspection concluded that: St Alban’s Roman Catholic High School is a very successful school with many outstanding features. Its Christian values pervade its work and are important to all members of the school community. ^[4]

• Gareth Maule – Rugby player - Llanelli Scarlets
• Lloyd Burns – Rugby player - Dragons
• Menna Clatworthy - British immunologist who is Professor of Translational Medicine at the University of Cambridge.
• Christian Coleman – Rugby player - Dragons
• Joe Goodchild – Rugby player - Cardiff RFC
• Nick Thomas-Symonds - British Labour Party Politician, barrister and academic - MP for Torfaen, May 2015 – Present
• Kevin Owen - British TV News Anchor - former Senior News Anchor at RT International, Moscow 2006–2022, ex-Sky News, BBC World Service, HTV Wales and West, and BBC Wales.

v t e Archdiocese of Cardiff
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cardiff
Archbishops of Cardiff I: James Bilsborrow II: Francis Mostyn III: Michael McGrath IV: John Murphy V: John Ward VI: Peter Smith VII: George Stack (Bishop Emeritus) VIII: Mark O'Toole
Churches Cardiff Cathedral – Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David Our Lady and St Michael, Abergavenny St Alban-on-the-Moors, Cardiff St Joseph, Cardiff St Mary of the Angels, Cardiff St Patrick, Cardiff St Peter, Cardiff St Francis Xavier, Hereford St Mary and St Michael, Llanarth St Mary, Monmouth St Michael, Newport St Patrick, Newport St Dyfrig, Treforest St David Lewis and St Francis Xavier, Usk
Patronal Feast of the Diocese Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (8 December)
Schools St Richard Gwyn High School, Barry Archbishop McGrath High School, Bridgend Corpus Christi High School, Cardiff St David's Sixth Form College, Cardiff St Illtyd's High School, Cardiff St John's College, Cardiff St Mary's High School, Lugwardine Bishop Hedley High School, Merthyr Tydfil St John's High School, Newport St Alban's High School, Pontypool Cardinal Newman School, Rhydyfelin Mary Immaculate High School, Wenvoe
Deaneries Bridgend Deanery Cardiff Deanery Hereford Deanery1 Newport Deanery North Gwent Deanery Pontypridd Deanery
See also Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire Joseph Brown John Hedley Diocese of Newport and Menevia Our Lady of Penrhys Gunter Mansion
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