Queen Elizabeth High School is a comprehensive school for Carmarthen town and its surrounding areas.
History
The school was formed in September 2005 by the joining together of Queen Elizabeth Maridunum School and Queen Elizabeth Cambria School, which were located within 300m of each other.
In September 2008, Daniyal Shahzad, a Pakistani national falsely claiming his name was Ahmer Rana, became a pupil at the school. Lodging with foster parents, on investigation in 2010 by the UK Border Agency, he claimed that he had no family. He was subject to a deportation order, and the school became the centre of a campaign to allow him to stay in the UK, which resulted in a 4,000 signature petition being collected and presented to Gordon Brown. After further investigation by S4C's current affairs programme 'Y Byd ar Bedwar' his true identity was revealed. Shahzad was deported to Pakistan on 1 June 2011.
Notable former pupils
Emrys G. Bowen - Professor of Geography, Aberystwyth
Charles Lynn Davies - Welsh international rugby player
Denzil Davies - MP for Llanelli
Mark Drakeford - leader of the Welsh Labour Party and First Minister of Wales
Richard Edwards - Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Preseli, Pembrokeshire Ieuan Evans - Welsh international rugby player Rhod Gilbert - comedian Frederick Farey-Jones - MP for Watford Thomas Jones-Davies - heart specialist and Welsh international rugby player Percy Lloyd - Welsh international rugby player William Norton - Welsh international rugby player Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield - banker and politician Sir David Williams - barrister and past vice-chancellor of University of Cambridge