Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy
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Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy is a bilingual co-educational comprehensive school in the town of Llanrwst
in Conwy County Borough, North Wales
. The school serves the community of Llanrwst and the many surrounding villages including the rural districts of Betws-y-Coed
, Llangernyw
and Cerrigydrudion
. There are around 800 pupils currently enrolled in the school (783 at the last inspection, including 116 in the sixth form) and most of them are bilingual. The school has recently been moved onto one expanded site which had originally housed years 7-9 only. The site of the upper school (the oldest building and site of the original grammar school
) is currently empty, and is being developed into an NHS centre.
The current headmaster of the school is Paul Matthews-Jones. The deputy heads are Mrs Janet Hughes and Mr John Lloyd Roberts.
The school was founded as Llanrwst Grammar School in 1610 by Sir John Wynn
, which was situated in the building of the 'upper school' In 1960 it was renamed Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy (Conwy Valley School) to reflect the fact that the school served the wider Conwy Valley.
In February 2005 the pupils were all moved to the Sodexo-owned site on Nebo Road.
Llanrwst
Llanrwst is a small town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It takes its name from the 5th century to 6th century Saint Grwst, and the original parish church in Cae Llan was replaced by the 12th-century church....
in Conwy County Borough, North Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
. The school serves the community of Llanrwst and the many surrounding villages including the rural districts of Betws-y-Coed
Betws-y-Coed
Betws-y-Coed is a village and community in the Conwy valley in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It has a population of 534. The name Betws or Bettws is generally thought to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English 'bed-hus' - i.e. a bead-house - a house of prayer, or oratory...
, Llangernyw
Llangernyw
Llangernyw is a rural, mostly Welsh-speaking, village in Conwy County Borough, north Wales. The population was 960 in 2001, 67% Welsh-speaking...
and Cerrigydrudion
Cerrigydrudion
Cerrigydrudion is a village and its surrounding parish in Conwy County Borough, north Wales. Previously it was part of the historic county of Denbighshire and then Clwyd. The village formerly lay on the A5, but a short by-pass now takes the road along the south-western edge of the village...
. There are around 800 pupils currently enrolled in the school (783 at the last inspection, including 116 in the sixth form) and most of them are bilingual. The school has recently been moved onto one expanded site which had originally housed years 7-9 only. The site of the upper school (the oldest building and site of the original grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
) is currently empty, and is being developed into an NHS centre.
The current headmaster of the school is Paul Matthews-Jones. The deputy heads are Mrs Janet Hughes and Mr John Lloyd Roberts.
The school was founded as Llanrwst Grammar School in 1610 by Sir John Wynn
Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet
Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet , Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary, was the son of Morys Wynn ap John. He claimed to be directly descended from the princes of Gwynedd through Rhodri ab Owain son of Owain Gwynedd. However, this claim is disputed in a publication of 1884 entitled...
, which was situated in the building of the 'upper school' In 1960 it was renamed Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy (Conwy Valley School) to reflect the fact that the school served the wider Conwy Valley.
In February 2005 the pupils were all moved to the Sodexo-owned site on Nebo Road.
Examinations
The school offers education for KS3, KS4 and Post-16 students. It offers GCSE, Entry Level examinations for KS4 and AS-level and A-level for Post-16 education. It is a Welsh Joint Education Committee accredited centre for presenting records of national achievement, using the WJEC as an examination board. This school was the first in Conwy to give Year 10 pupils a chance to get a qualification in Physical Education, without taking up the GCSE.Notable former pupils
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