Penyrheol Comprehensive School

Penyrheol Comprehensive School
Penyrheol Comprehensive School
Address
	Pontarddulais Road; Gorseinon, Glamorganshire, SA4 4FG; Wales
Coordinates	51°40′34″N 4°02′35″W / 51.676°N 4.043°W
Information
Type	Comprehensive
Motto	To Achieve You Need To Believe
Established	1973; 51 years ago
Local authority	Swansea
Headteacher	Damian Benney
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	920
Website	www.penyrheol-comp.net

Penyrheol Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales.

Admissions

It has around 1,000 pupils from the Penyrheol, Gorseinon, and Loughor areas. It is situated just east of the B4296, accessed via two miles along the A4240 from junction 47 of the M4.

It does not have a sixth form. It serves Gorseinon, Loughor, Penyrheol, Kingsbridge and Garden Village.

History

It was formerly administered by West Glamorgan County Council (based in Swansea).

1976 fire

The school had to be rebuilt due to a fire in 1976 which destroyed half of the school. Thirty years later, much the same thing would happen again and a similar financial shortfall in the cost from what was available from insurance cover.

New building

The school has a new £9.9 million building which was opened 4 September 2009, Designed by Stride Treglown and built by Carillion, and includes a sprinkler system and more CCTV.^{[citation needed]}

Notable former pupils

Leigh Halfpenny, rugby player
Colin Jones, Welterweight boxer
Adam Matthews, footballer
Eli Walker, rugby player
Jessica Sula, actress
Matt Ryan (actor), Actor
Kevin Allen, actor, director

References

External links

"Penyrheol Comprehensive School". www.penyrheol-comp.net. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
The fire
Rebuilding of the school
Constructing excellence in Wales