Barry Comprehensive School
Encyclopedia
Barry Comprehensive School is a secondary school
for boys aged 11–18, situated opposite Highlight Park
in the town of Barry, in Wales
. Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School
is the partner girls' school that also provides a mixed sixth form for both schools.
In 1993, Barry Sixth Form, a joint sixth form
with Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School
was created.
In 1998, the school dropped the word 'Boys' from its name and thus adopted its current name.
Since 2000, the school has been consolidated on one site, following an extensive development and expansion on the original grounds.
, in June 2003, from the Queen
for his work in education
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, Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales, has given this school a Grade 1 overall assessment, the highest available. They described it as "a good school with a significant number of outstanding features that is going from strength to strength under the leadership of its head, David Swallow". Outstanding features of the school include the relationships between teachers and pupils and the quality of care, support and guidance students receive. Children make outstanding progress in their moral and social development in a school that is an orderly and respectful community. Standards of behaviour are very good.
In spring 2006 Barry Comprehensive was named the most improved school in Wales for the third year running.
Barry Comprehensive had the second most improved Key Stage Four results in Wales, 2002 and was also the most improved school in the South Wales region.
The School was one of several chosen to pilot the Welsh baccalaureate.
working with Year 8 boys.
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attack on 4 August 2006. The attack took place during the school holiday period and the school was able to re-open for pupils at the beginning of the next term. The attack was believed to be caused by students of the school.
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Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
for boys aged 11–18, situated opposite Highlight Park
Highlight Park
Highlight Park is a small district on the northern outskirts of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. It is a circular housing estate built in the 1970s by Wimpy Homes. The area has a Tesco supermarket, a chemist, a community centre, a doctors' surgery and a fire station which was built...
in the town of Barry, in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School
Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School
Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School, also referred to as Bryn Hafren School, is located in Merthyr Dyfan on the outskirts of the town of Barry near Cardiff, in Wales and was opened in 1971...
is the partner girls' school that also provides a mixed sixth form for both schools.
History
The school was formed in 1966 by the merger of Romilly Secondary Modern School, Barry Grammar School and Barry Middle School as the introduction of comprehensive schools for boys.In 1993, Barry Sixth Form, a joint sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
with Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School
Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School
Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School, also referred to as Bryn Hafren School, is located in Merthyr Dyfan on the outskirts of the town of Barry near Cardiff, in Wales and was opened in 1971...
was created.
In 1998, the school dropped the word 'Boys' from its name and thus adopted its current name.
Since 2000, the school has been consolidated on one site, following an extensive development and expansion on the original grounds.
OBE
The headmaster, David Swallow, received an OBEOrder of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, in June 2003, from the Queen
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
for his work in education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
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Academic standards
EstynEstyn
Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales. Its name comes from the Welsh language verb meaning "to extend". Its mission is to achieve excellence for all in learning in Wales by providing an independent, high quality inspection and advice service to the Welsh Assembly Government and...
, Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales, has given this school a Grade 1 overall assessment, the highest available. They described it as "a good school with a significant number of outstanding features that is going from strength to strength under the leadership of its head, David Swallow". Outstanding features of the school include the relationships between teachers and pupils and the quality of care, support and guidance students receive. Children make outstanding progress in their moral and social development in a school that is an orderly and respectful community. Standards of behaviour are very good.
In spring 2006 Barry Comprehensive was named the most improved school in Wales for the third year running.
Barry Comprehensive had the second most improved Key Stage Four results in Wales, 2002 and was also the most improved school in the South Wales region.
The School was one of several chosen to pilot the Welsh baccalaureate.
Mentoring initiative
The School have introduced an innovative numeracy mentoring scheme with staff from the local chemical plant Dow CorningDow Corning
Dow Corning is a multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, USA. Dow Corning specializes in silicon and silicone-based technology, offering more than 7,000 products and services...
working with Year 8 boys.
Twinning arrangements
Barry Comprehensive has twinned with De Soysa Vidyalaya Moratuwa of Sri LankaSri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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Arson attack
Barry Comprehensive suffered damage to kitchen and dining areas and some classrooms during a fire caused by an arsonArson
Arson is the crime of intentionally or maliciously setting fire to structures or wildland areas. It may be distinguished from other causes such as spontaneous combustion and natural wildfires...
attack on 4 August 2006. The attack took place during the school holiday period and the school was able to re-open for pupils at the beginning of the next term. The attack was believed to be caused by students of the school.
Sport
2004-05 was the inaugural year of a football development partnership between Barry Comprehensive School and Barry Town Football ClubBarry Town F.C.
Barry Town FC are a football team based in Barry. They dominated the League of Wales during the 1990s, but finished bottom in 2003-04 and were relegated...
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Notable former pupils
- Derek BrockwayDerek BrockwayDerek Brockway is a Welsh meteorologist employed by the Met Office and based at BBC Wales in Cardiff.- Education :Brockway first attended Holton Road Primary School and then Barry Boys Comprehensive from 1979 to 1986...
- BBC WalesBBC WalesBBC Cymru Wales is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. Based at Broadcasting House in the Llandaff area of Cardiff, it directly employs over 1200 people, and produces a broad range of television, radio and online services in both the Welsh and English languages.Outside...
Meteorologist and TV presenter - Gerran HowellGerran HowellGerran Lyn Howell is a Welsh actor, best known for playing "Vladimir Dracula" in Young Dracula, a CBBC vision series that initially aired been 2006 to 2008. The show revolves around Vlad and his family, who happen to be vampires, as they try to live in a small, rural British town after they moved...
- actor - Kayne McLaggonKayne McLaggonKayne Simeon McLaggon is a Welsh footballer who plays as a striker for Bristol Rovers. He started his career at Southampton.-Southampton:...
- Southampton FC footballer - Dean Anthony GrattonDean Anthony GrattonDean Anthony Gratton is a bestselling author and columnist, specialising in wireless communications. He is married to author, television presenter and former actress Sarah-Jayne Gratton née Camden.-Early life:...
- author and columnist