Aberdare Girls School

Aberdare Girls' School was a state school secondary school for girls aged 11–18 in the town of Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. StructureThere were approximately 700 pupils on the school roll, of whom around 100 are in the sixth form, at the school's closure in 2014. The school occupied two sites with pupils in Year 7 and Year 8 being housed in Y Gadlys (Lower School), and those in Year 9 - Year 13 in Plasdraw (Upper School). Pupils came mainly from Aberdare itself, with some travelling from Glynneath, Treorchy and Mountain Ash. Equality ScandalIn 2007, the school attracted media coverage across Britain after it excluded a student, Sarita Watkins-Singh, for wearing a bangle, that symbolised her Sikh faith. The student and her family took legal action. In January 2008, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council informed school governors that it would not provide the school with any further financial assistance, and said that this was in response to the school pursuing the case. The human rights organisation 'Liberty' claimed that the school was in violation of the Race Relations Act 1976, the Equality Act 2006. In July 2008, Watkins-Singh won her case when the high court determined that the school was guilty of indirect discrimination. The school said that she would be welcome back at the school if she so desired.

Aberdare Girls' School was a state school secondary school for girls aged 11–18 in the town of Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. StructureThere were approximately 700 pupils on the school roll, of whom around 100 are in the sixth form, at the school's closure in 2014. The school occupied two sites with pupils in Year 7 and Year 8 being housed in Y Gadlys (Lower School), and those in Year 9 - Year 13 in Plasdraw (Upper School). Pupils came mainly from Aberdare itself, with some travelling from Glynneath, Treorchy and Mountain Ash. Equality ScandalIn 2007, the school attracted media coverage across Britain after it excluded a student, Sarita Watkins-Singh, for wearing a bangle, that symbolised her Sikh faith. The student and her family took legal action. In January 2008, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council informed school governors that it would not provide the school with any further financial assistance, and said that this was in response to the school pursuing the case. The human rights organisation 'Liberty' claimed that the school was in violation of the Race Relations Act 1976, the Equality Act 2006. In July 2008, Watkins-Singh won her case when the high court determined that the school was guilty of indirect discrimination. The school said that she would be welcome back at the school if she so desired.