 This is made up of the villages of Bedwas, Trethomas, Graig-y-Rhacca and Machen.The school has five feeder schools in its designated catchment area (including Plasyfelin from September 2007) but, in addition, approximately 10% of the pupils come to Bedwas High School from outside the catchment area.Bedwas High School is an English-medium 11 to 18 mixed comprehensive school situated to the east of Caerphilly.