Ysgol Brynhyfryd

Ysgol Brynhyfryd
Headteacher Mr Geraint Parry
Location Stryd y Rhos
Ruthin
Denbighshire
LL15 1EG
Wales
Coordinates: 53°06′54″N 3°17′54″W / 53.1149°N 3.2984°W / 53.1149; -3.2984
Local authority Denbighshire
DfE number 663/4031
DfE URN 401696 Tables
Website Ysgol Brynhyfryd

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.[1] Brynhyfryd is a naturally bilingual school which has; in Years 7&8; three Welsh forms: H/Y/C, one Bilingual form: N and five English forms: B/R/F/D/S. 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- to 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.

32% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes, with 35% of pupils speaking Welsh as a first language or to an equivalent standard within the school.[2]

Departments and main staff

Head: Mr Geraint Parry
Deputy Headteachers: Mr John Millington
Assistant Headteachers: Mrs Gwawr Jones, Mr keith Williams, M

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.

Personnel

Staff

The present head is Geraint Parry. His deputy is John Millington. The present heads of the Sixth Form are Tim Unwin and Edward Hayman.

Notable pupils

Feeder schools

Ysgol Gellifor

References

  1. ↑ "2010/2011 Prospectus" (PDF). Prospectus. Ysgol Brynhyfryd. 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ysgol Brynhyfryd | Estyn". www.estyn.gov.wales. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
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