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AS and A level results improve again this year!
Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun is again celebrating another good set of A and AS levels. Congratulations to the students today benefiting from the fruits of their hard work over the past two years. The pass rate was 96% with almost 70% of all grades being A* to C. The number of higher grades also increased and nine of the 64 students in the year gained two A / A * grades or better. Headteacher Mark Jones said, “We are delighted with the results this year. This is a credit to our students who have worked hard in and beyond lessons over the last two years. We wish them the best of luck in the next stage of their careers.” Noteworthy achievements include: Eve Price - 3A *, 1A + A grade at AS. Eve is going to study medicine at Cambridge. Owain Birrell - 3A *, 1B + A grade at AS. Owain is going to study Mathematics at Oxford. Morgan Lewis - 3A, 1C Edward Crowson - 1A *, 2A, 1B Abbie James - 1A *, 2A, 1B Darya Williams - 1A *, 1A, 2B Mali Davies - Distinction *, 1A, 1C, 1D Kian Monaghan - 2 Distinction *, 1D Bethany Shopland - Distinction *, 1A, 2D
 Our AS results improved again this year, with an increase in the pass rate and the number of A and B grades. We look forward to building on these achievements over the next year. |
GCSE & A-Level Results - August 2019
A-Level Results - Thursday 15/08/19 - School will open to pupils at 8am. GCSE Results - Thursday 22/08/19 - School will open to pupils at 8am. (Year 10 pupils can collect results from 10am in the main hall). Best wishes to all pupils receiving results! |
School Uniform Guidelines - September 2019
Dear Parent / Guardian, Please find below our policy and guidance on school uniform for September 2019. Thank you for your continued support. |
Key Dates & School Closures From September 2019
- 02/09/19 - Staff Inset
- 03/09/19 - All pupils return to school (except year 13)
- 04/09/19 - First day back for Yr.13
- 16/09/19 - Staff Inset 2
- 09/12/19 - Staff Inset 3
Additional key dates to follow |
Congratulations Ffion, Bryonie & Molly
Congratulations to Ffion Owen, Bryonie King & Molly Reardon who have been selected to represent Wales at under 18's level with the touch rugby squad in Paris! Amazing.  |
Good luck to year 11 and 13!
Best wishes to Year 11 & 13 as we officially said farewell this week. Good luck in all your future endeavors. It has been a pleasure. A special thanks to the Penaluna familly for kindly providing delicious chips free of charge as part of our year 13 celebrations. Your kindness is very much appreciated.    |
Yr.8 Options Evening - Thursday 16/05/19 (4:30PM - 6:00PM)
 You are warmly invited to this very important evening in which we will outline all the options that are available to the current Year 8 pupils in September 2019. We will be launching the ‘Cwricwlwm Rhydywaun 2019’ and our new Options Handbook will be available to provide further information on all the courses that are available, including how to choose your options. The remainder of the evening will be free for you to visit the Heads of Department who will be delivering subject specific presentations in their teaching rooms. This is an extremely important evening for your child’s future and I very much hope that you will be able to attend. |
New 6th form Prefects!
Congratulations to our new 6th form Prefects for 2019-20 Elis Myers-Sleight & Connor Restan, and our new Deputy Prefects - Catrin Evans a Robin Morgan.  |
Good Luck Iolo!
Good luck to Iolo and the year 8 boys embarking on a 100 mile bike ride to Brean Sands this morning. The team have already raised over £2000 for the Noah's Ark Appeal and CICRA. Amazing! Follow the link below for more info and to sponsor the team!  |
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