Queen Elizabeth High School, Carmarthen
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| Type | Comprehensive |
| Motto | 'Moving Forward Together' (Ymlaen Gyda'n Gilydd) |
| Established | 2005 |
| Local authority | Carmarthenshire County Council |
| Head Teacher | Big Dave |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 69 to 420 |
| Enrolment | 1403[1] |
| Houses | 5: Cothi, Gwili, Towy, Dewi & Elfed |
| Colours | Red, Blue (Lower School) Red, Black (Sixth Form) |
| Website | http://www.qehs.carms.sch.uk |
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Queen Elizabeth High School is a comprehensive school for Carmarthen town and its surrounding areas.
History
[edit | edit source]The school was formed in September 2005 by the joining together of Queen Elizabeth Maridunum School and Queen Elizabeth Cambria School, which were located within 300m of each other.[citation needed]
In September 2008, Daniyal Shahzad, a Pakistani national falsely claiming his name was Ahmer Rana, became a pupil at the school. Lodging with foster parents, on investigation in 2010 by the UK Border Agency, he claimed that he had no family. He was subject to a deportation order, and the school became the centre of a campaign to allow him to stay in the UK, which resulted in a 4,000 signature petition being collected and presented to Gordon Brown. After further investigation by S4C's current affairs programme 'Y Byd ar Bedwar' [2][3] his true identity was revealed. Shahzad was deported to Pakistan on 1 June 2011.[4][5]
Notable former pupils
[edit | edit source]- Emrys G. Bowen – professor of Geography, Aberystwyth
- Charles Lynn Davies – Welsh international rugby player
- Denzil Davies – MP for Llanelli
- Mark Drakeford – leader of the Welsh Labour Party and First Minister of Wales
- Richard Edwards – member of the National Assembly for Wales for Preseli, Pembrokeshire
- Ieuan Evans – Welsh international rugby player
- Rhod Gilbert – comedian
- Frederick Farey-Jones – MP for Watford
- Thomas Jones-Davies – heart specialist and Welsh international rugby player
- Percy Lloyd – Welsh international rugby player
- William Norton – Welsh international rugby player
- Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield – banker and politician
- Sir David Williams – barrister and past vice-chancellor of University of Cambridge
- Baroness Worthington of Cambridge – British environmental campaigner and life peer in the House of Lords
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ http://mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk/School/6694063?lang=en [dead link]
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External links
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