'full course' equal to a full GCSE. New courses are also offered at this level including Health and Social Studies, Leisure and Tourism, Media and Film Studies and Business and Communications Studies. The school has achieved an A*-G pass rate of over 90% since 2005. A.S./A-2 A-Level Courses A-level students are offered a range of courses to choose from. This range expands much more on the previous two key stages, and adds new subjects also. The student may choose a maximum of 5 or a minimum of 2 courses. The school is one of the few in the Rhondda that does not need pupils to travel to other schools to receive an A-level course. In 2007, the school began a compulsory Welsh Baccalaureate qualification for Sixth Form pupils. Other new courses on offer to pupils in the Sixth Form include Politics, Psychology, and Law and Electronics, as well as vocational subjects such as Hairdressing in the school's on site salon. Extra-curricular activities The school supports extra-curricular activity offers a wide variety of clubs and activities for pupils. These range from orchestra to rugby. The activities include: The Arts The school annually hosts performing arts events. As well as concerts in school, junior productions, the annual "Back To Broadway" performance and the Christmas concert, senior pupils perform a musical annually at the Parc & Dare Theatre. The performances are listed below: 2020 - Our House 2019 - The Wedding Singer 2018 - Anything Goes 2017 - Fiddler on the Roof 2016 - Les Misérables 2015 - Singin' in the Rain 2014 - West Side Story 2013 - Miss Saigon 2012 - Phantom Of The Opera 2011 - We Will Rock You 2010 - Guys & Dolls 2009 - Jekyll & Hyde 2008 - Les Misérables 2007 - My Fair Lady 2006 - Calamity Jane 2005 - Carousel The following activities take place daily within the school: Drama Club School Junior & Senior Brass Band School Junior & Senior Choir School Junior & Senior Orchestra Various School Shows in the Parc and Dare Theatre Sports Rugby Football Basketball Netball Cricket Rounders Athletics Gymnastics Circuit training Badminton Dance Hockey Swimming Sixth Form Activities Sign Language Reading Support Buddy Program Sixth Form Council School-wide Student Council Conservation Club Combined Cadet Force (CCF) Notable former pupils Arts Brad Evans - author and political philosopher Callum Scott Howells – actor, singer, and television personality Rachel Trezise