Haverfordwest High VC School

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Haverfordwest High VC School is an English-medium 11 to 18 mixed community voluntary controlled school in Pembrokeshire. It opened in September 2018, following the closure of Tasker Millward VC School and Sir Thomas Picton School. During its first year, the new school operated on both of the previous school sites.

Since November 2019, all pupils are located on the old Tasker Millward site. The school is due to move to a new building in 2022. The school has 1,625 pupils on roll, including 155 in the sixth form.

Around 15% are eligible for free school meals, which is close to the national average of 16.4%. Around 6% live in the 20% most deprived areas of Wales.

The proportion of pupils that have a special educationa...l need is 27%, which is above the national average of 22.9%. Around 1% of pupils have statements of special educational needs.

This figure is lower than the average of 2.2% for Wales as a whole. Around 1% of pupils have English as an additional language.

Most pupils come from a white British background. Only a very few pupils are fluent in Welsh. The senior leadership team consists of the headteacher, two deputy headteachers, four assistant headteachers and a business manager.