Lewis School, Pengam
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| Lewis School, Pengam | |
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| Ni Ddychwel Doe (Welsh language: "Yesterday Never Returns") | |
| Established | ante 1792 |
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| School type | State |
| Headmaster | Dr Christopher Howard |
| Location | Pengam, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Website | http://www.caerphilly.org.uk/lewisschoolpengam/ |
Lewis School, Pengam is a comprehensive education school situated in the town of Pengam and, latterly, nearby Gilfach, in the Rhymney Valley in Wales.
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[edit] Location
The school currently comprises a new facility, opened in 2002, in Gilfach.
Before 2002, the site was in adjacent Pengam, across two sites, with a bridge spanning the main road between them.
Until circa 1870, the school was located in Gelligaer.
[edit] History
Established as a Grammar School.
Originally a school for boys, hence also known as Lewis Boys' School, the school is associated with Lewis Girls' School in Ystrad Mynach. Girls are now admitted into the sixth form.
[edit] Trivia
- Once described by David Lloyd George as "the Eton of the Valleys".
[edit] Notable former staff
- Alfred Evans (politician), headmaster, 1966-1968
- Alun Lewis (poet), teacher
- David Wynne (composer), teacher
[edit] Notable old Ludovicans
- John Dawes, international Rugby player
- Jonathan Evans, politician
- George Fisher, dramatist, director
- Peter Hubbard-Miles, politician
- Neil Kinnock, politician
- Derek Morgan, international rugby player, President of the Rugby Football Union
- Tecwen Morgan, aka Tecwen Whittock, lecturer, quiz cheat
- Phil Williams, politician, scientist
- Julian Hodge, financier
- Iwan Davies, aka Strad, journalist with South Wales Argos
- Geoffrey Jenkins, Headmaster, Organist
