Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive School

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Ysgol Glan-y-Môr School
Glan-Y-Mor Badge
Welsh: 'Ymdrech â Lwydda'
"Success through Effort"
Location
Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Information
Headteacher Mr S. B. Jones
Type Comprehensive
Homepage http://www.Glanymor.com/

Ysgol Glan-y-Môr School is a mixed, community comprehensive school of around 650 pupils, catering for all abilities across an age range of 11 years to 16. It is a fine school with a deep sense of pride in the achievements of all its members and an emphasis on high standards of work, behaviour, attitude and appearance.

The school is situated at the heart of the town of Burry Port, though pupils are drawn from the coastal strip extending from Pwll, through Burry Port and Pembrey to Kidwelly, and inland to Mynydd-y-Garreg and Trimsaran.

Approximately 30% of the pupils live within walking distance of the campus but the majority are bused in from a catchment area consisting of small towns and villages

Glan-y-Môr School as seen from the front









The main partner primary schools are:

The school also receives a number of pupils from schools outside the catchment area.

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[edit] Outside praise

Glan-y-Môr has recently received praise from a number of sources:

  • Schools in and around Carmarthenshire have raised more than £8,000 to help children living in slums around the world. Local schools joined forces with almost 300 others around the country to participate in a special sporting event to raise much needed cash. The Schoolchildren for Children charity event held last September raised £8,134.05...Glan-y-Môr School's contribution was £1000[1]
  • Glan-y-Môr takes part annually in the University of Wales, Lampeter's Expanding Horizons programme. This is designed to support and help young people aged 15 and 16 to achieve at least a grade C or above in the core curriculum subjects of Maths, English, Science and Welsh in their GCSEs. Glan-y-Môr supply around 20 students to take part in the revision sessions. The Revision Week is provided at no cost to the students (not even for study materials and books etc.) as the programme is supported by the West and Mid Wales Widening Access Partnership, European Union Social Fund and Scottish Power Learning.[2]
  • A school has appointed a full-time 'agony aunt' to help pupils deal with problems such as bullying, relationships and stress. Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive in Burry Port is among the first in Wales to offer such a service and the move has won the backing of a leading children's charity...Cordula Bellan of Childline said: "Most schools really try hard to meet the emotional needs of pupils today. It's a good thing to have an independent person in a school to offer counselling...I think many schools will be interested in following this (Glan-y-Mor)."[3]

[edit] Contact

Ysgol Glan-y-Môr School
Heol Elfed
Burry Port
Carmarthenshire
SA16 0AL

Tel: 01554 832507
Fax: 01554 836110
E-Mail: Ysgol@glanymor.carms.sch.uk

[edit] References

  1. ^ South Wales Evening Post (Newspaper) (2007-02-21). Youngsters join forces for Charity. South West Wales Media Ltd. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
  2. ^ University of Wales, Lampeter Press Release (2006-04-25). Expanding Horizons in Lampeter. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
  3. ^ BBC News. 'Agony Aunt' sorts school cares. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.

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