Ysgol Gyfun Gymunedol Penweddig

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Ysgol Gyfun Gymunedol Penweddig
Established 1973
Type Secondary
Religious affiliation Mainly Christian
Headteacher Mr A G George
Specialism Welsh-language
Location Ffordd Llanbadarn
Aberystwyth
SY23 3QN
Flag of WalesWales
LEA Ceredigion County Council
Gender Male and Female
Ages 11 to 18
Website penweddig.ceredigion.sch.uk

Penweddig Secondary School (Welsh: Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig) is a Welsh-language community secondary school in the seaside town of Aberystwyth, West Wales. It is named after the old commote (Welsh: Cantref) bearing the same name (Penweddig). The school was established in 1973[1] as a bilingual school although it is now a Welsh language school. The school was and remains the first Welsh language community secondary school in Ceredigion.

During the last Estyn school report 50% of the schools pupils come from homes where Welsh is not the main language and the school had approximatley 540 pupils aged 11 – 16 and 120 students in aged 16 – 18.[2]

The school's leadership team comprises the headmaster Mr Arwel George, deputy head Miss Bethan Evans and assistant head Mrs Shelagh Byers. The school's building is privately owned by Atkins and is rented to the local council for use as a school as an example of a public-private relationship in Wales.

When the school was started in the mid-70's the school was homed in a now derelict building in Ffordd Dewi, Aberystwyth owned by the council. In October 2001 the school moved to its current home in Llanbadarn Road (Ffordd Llanbadarn in Welsh).

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[edit] Atkins Assets Management

Atkins are private management contractors, and the company responsible for the general up-keeping of the school building.

[edit] School values

  • To respect ones self and others
  • To respect belongings and the environment
  • To respect the school
  • To use the Welsh language as much as possible

[edit] School Uniform

All

  • Penweddig Sweatshirt in red, white or green
  • Penweddig Polo Shirt
  • Black shoes
  • No make-up
  • No jewellery

Boys

  • Black, navy or pink trousers

Girls

  • Black or navy blue trousers or skirt
  • White, blue or black socks / blue or black tights

In 2007, the school experienced a minor uniform change. The changes were:

  • Changing the colour of the sweatshirt from navy blue to black to distinguish from Penglais School's sweatshirt, which is navy blue.
  • The addition of red to the colours available for the polo shirts.

[edit] CECB

In 2006, Year 8 pupil Cadan ap Tomos (now Year 9) founded the Penweddig Climate Change Society (Welsh: Cymdeithas yn Erbyn Cynhesu Byd-eang). The group are committed to making the school "greener" in any way possible. The group is also a member of the Welsh Eco-Schools initiative (Welsh: Eco-Ysgolion) and are currently working towards the Green Flag as part of that initiative.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Foreword by the headteacher. Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig.
  2. ^ Gareth Wyn Roberts (3 – 7 October 2005). School report. Estyn.
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