Afon Tâf High School

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Afon Tâf High School Ysgol Uwchradd Afon Tâf
Address
Yew Street, Troed-y-rhiw Merthyr Tydfil , Merthyr Tydfil County Borough , CF48 4ED Wales
Coordinates	51°42′32″N 3°20′42″W / 51.709°N 3.345°W / 51.709; -3.345
Information
Type	Secondary school
Established	1967 (1967)
Local authority	Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
Department for Education URN	401825 Tables
Headteacher	Stuart James[1]
Teaching staff	38.4 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Gender	Mixed
Age range	11–16
Enrolment	645[2] (2018)
Student to teacher ratio	16.8[2]
Language	English
Website	www.afontaf.merthyr.sch.uk

Afon Tâf High School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Afon Tâf) is an 11–16 mixed secondary school in Troed-y-rhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales.

Afon Tâf is the Welsh language name of the River Taff which flows past the school.

Built a cost of around £750,000 the school opened in September 1967. Pupils from Quakers Yard Grammar School, Troedyrhiw Secondary School and the Pantglas Senior School in Aberfan transferred to the school.

The whole school was renovated between 2014 and 2017, as a cost of £12 million. The project was undertaken in stages to minimise the impact on the work of the school.

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• Official website
• Old Merthyr Tydfil: Afon Tâf School - Historical photographs of Afon Tâf School.