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.
| Ysgol Brynhyfryd | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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Ffordd yr Wyddgrug/Mold Road , , LL15 1EG Wales | |
| Coordinates | 53°06′54″N 3°17′54″W / 53.1149°N 3.2984°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | Nid Dysg Heb Foes |
| Local authority | Denbighshire |
| Department for Education URN | 401696 Tables |
| Head teacher | Trefor Jones |
| Website | https://www.ysgolbrynhyfryd.com/ |
As of 2023, the school has a total of 1053 pupils on roll. 189 of those are in the Sixth Form.[1]
Brynhyfryd is a naturally bilingual school which has; in years 7 and 8; four Welsh forms: C/Y/H/L 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 Estyn Inspection Report in 2015.
Ysgol Brynhyfryd 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.
As of 2023, 43.5% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes.[2]
Departments and main staff
edit- Head: Mr Trefor Jones
- Deputy Headteachers: Mrs Juliet Peters
- Assistant Headteachers: Mrs Gwawr Jones & Mrs Ceri Ranson
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.
It also features a theatre and arts complex, Theatre John Ambrose, named after a headmaster of the school in the 1980s and 1990s. This was opened by the actor Rhys Ifans, a former pupil of Ysgol Pentrecelyn and Ysgol Maes Garmon in Mold, but brought up in Ruthin.
Controversy
editA former Biology teacher Matthew Jones had been reported to the school for years for inappropriate behaviour with little to no action being taken for years. [3] [4]
A footballer Corey Christopher Hycz often brought in to assist in PE. set up a fake Instagram account and blackmailed a schoolboy for indecent images while pretending to be a young girl. was later arrested and jailed for 27 months. [5]
A Former Lab Technician at Brynhyfryd Michael Nicholls Married to a Physics teacher at the school was Jailed for 47 months after taking up skirt pictures and secretly recording and stalking a woman. [6]
Notable pupils
editThis article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (February 2023) |
- Eric Jones – Welsh mountaineer
- Tom Pryce – Welsh racing driver (1949–1977)
- Neil Taylor – Welsh footballer (born 1989)
- Joe Woolford – Welsh singer
References
edit- ^ "Ysgol Brynhyfryd | Estyn". www.estyn.gov.wales. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Ysgol Brynhyfryd | Estyn". www.estyn.gov.wales. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Former Ysgol Brynhyfryd teacher struck off teaching register". Denbighshire Free Press.
- ^ Hughes, Gareth (16 November 2016). "Teenager 'saw Ruthin teacher having oral sex with girl in school storeroom'". North Wales Live.
- ^ Morris, Lydia (5 May 2020). "Footballer blackmailed boy for indecent images while posing as girl on Instagram". North Wales Live.
- ^ Powell, David (17 March 2021). "Obsessed technician secretly filmed and took 'upskirting' pictures of colleague". North Wales Live.