Dyffryn School
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Dyffryn Comprehensive is a split site 11-16 years comprehensive school
based in Neath Port Talbot
, with the first two years being based in the 'lower' school, and the last three based in the 'upper'. They are around a mile apart from each other with the lower being in Port Talbot itself, and the upper being in Margam.
The current headmaster is Mr. Grimes.
In 2009 the school became the first in the county borough to offer a savings facility for its pupils. Also, as of writing this page, it has the only 'Interact club' in the area, where pupils think up ways to donate to charity, and choose charities to donate to.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
based in Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most populous county in Wales and the third most populous county borough....
, with the first two years being based in the 'lower' school, and the last three based in the 'upper'. They are around a mile apart from each other with the lower being in Port Talbot itself, and the upper being in Margam.
The current headmaster is Mr. Grimes.
In 2009 the school became the first in the county borough to offer a savings facility for its pupils. Also, as of writing this page, it has the only 'Interact club' in the area, where pupils think up ways to donate to charity, and choose charities to donate to.