Ysgol Brynhyfryd
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Ysgol Brynhyfryd is a bilingual co-educational comprehensive school in the town of Ruthin
in Denbighshire
, North Wales
. The school serves the community of Ruthin
and the many surrounding villages including the rural districts of Corwen
, Carrog
and Gwyddelwern
. The bilingual ethos reflects the community it serves.
The school currently has 1221 pupils on roll, including 206 in the Sixth Form. Brynhyfryd is a naturally bilingual school which has; in Years 7&8; three Welsh forms: H/Y/C, one Bilingual form: N and four English forms: B/R/F/D. The school is considered as a successful school with 68% of pupils leaving with at least five A*-C GCSE grades due to the last Estyn Inspection Report.
Ysgol Brynhyfryd is a bilingual secondary school for 11 - 18 year olds which was founded in 1898 under the name of "Ruthin County School for Girls". It became co-educational, as "Brynhyfryd School", in 1938, and formally became a comprehensive school, using the Welsh form of the name in the early 1970s.
Like most secondary schools in Wales, for KS3 and KS4 Ysgol Brynhyfryd offers a total of 13 subjects including Welsh (first and second language), English, Mathematics, Science, Technology, Information Communication Technology, History, Geography, RE, French, Art, Music, Modern Languages and PE.
Ruthin
Ruthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...
in Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
, North Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
. The school serves the community of Ruthin
Ruthin
Ruthin is a community and the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales. Located around a hill in the southern part of the Vale of Clwyd - the older part of the town, the castle and Saint Peter's Square are located on top of the hill, while many newer parts of the town are on the floodplain of...
and the many surrounding villages including the rural districts of Corwen
Corwen
Corwen is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire in Wales; it was previously part of the county of Meirionnydd). Corwen stands on the banks of the River Dee beneath the Berwyn mountains. The town is situated west of Llangollen and south of Ruthin...
, Carrog
Carrog
Carrog is a village in Denbighshire, Wales. Formerly referred to as Llansanffraid-Glyn Dyfrdwy, as it lies within the parish of Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, it takes its modern name from the Great Western Railway station on the opposite bank of the River Dee, which in turn took its name Carrog is a...
and Gwyddelwern
Gwyddelwern
Gwyddelwern is a small village and community of 508 residents, situated approximately north of Corwen in Denbighshire in Wales. Historically the village was part of the Edeirnion district of Meirionnydd. Edeirnion was part of the Glyndwr district of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996, when the area became...
. The bilingual ethos reflects the community it serves.
The school currently has 1221 pupils on roll, including 206 in the Sixth Form. Brynhyfryd is a naturally bilingual school which has; in Years 7&8; three Welsh forms: H/Y/C, one Bilingual form: N and four English forms: B/R/F/D. The school is considered as a successful school with 68% of pupils leaving with at least five A*-C GCSE grades due to the last Estyn Inspection Report.
Ysgol Brynhyfryd is a bilingual secondary school for 11 - 18 year olds which was founded in 1898 under the name of "Ruthin County School for Girls". It became co-educational, as "Brynhyfryd School", in 1938, and formally became a comprehensive school, using the Welsh form of the name in the early 1970s.
Departments and main staff
- School Headmistress: Ms Eleri E. Jones
- Deputy Headteachers: Mr Eryl V. Evans, Mr Keith Williams
- Assistant Headteachers: Mr Noel Davies, Mrs Janet Evans
Like most secondary schools in Wales, for KS3 and KS4 Ysgol Brynhyfryd offers a total of 13 subjects including Welsh (first and second language), English, Mathematics, Science, Technology, Information Communication Technology, History, Geography, RE, French, Art, Music, Modern Languages and PE.
Notable pupils
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- Model/Pornstar - Tom PryceTom PryceThomas Maldwyn Pryce was a Welsh racing driver, famous for winning the Brands Hatch Race of Champions, a non-championship Formula One race, in 1975 and for the circumstances surrounding his death...
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- climber and BASE jumper - Nia DaviesNia DaviesNia Davies is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. She stood for Clwyd South in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007Nia Davies was born in Brymbo nr...
- Plaid Cymru politician
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