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Ysgol Glan Clwyd (or Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd) is a Welsh medium secondary school, and was the first of its kind. It opened in 1956, initially at Rhyl on the coast before moving inland to St Asaph in 1969.^[1] It is overseen by the Denbighshire Local Education Authority.

In 2006 it had 833 students, of whom 108 were in the sixth form. A government inspection reported that although 70% students are from homes where English is the main or only language spoken, 95% of the students spoke Welsh as well as a native speaker. All subjects are taught in Welsh apart from English and a few in the sixth form.

Present

There is a class for non-Welsh speakers to learn Welsh. Later in school, these pupils join mainstream classes.

The school has been reconstructed and refurbished in regards to Denbighshire County Council's twenty-first century school modernisation plan. The new building and refurbishment officially opened in September 2017, but pupils were moved into the building when the school opened in January 2017.

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is important in Ysgol Glan Clwyd. The school has recently put on a musical under the name of Sioe Y Sioeau, which included songs from The Lion King and Hairspray. It also included the play Blood Brothers.

Notable former pupils

Becky Brewerton, professional golfer
Caryl Parry Jones, radio presenter, actress and singer
Gareth Jones, television presenter

References

^ http://www.estyn.gov.uk/inspection_reports/ysgoldewisant.pdf

External links

2006 inspection report
Education in Welsh: A short history on bbc.co.uk, accessed July 5, 2007

53°15′18″N 3°26′18″W / 53.2550°N 3.4382°W / 53.2550; -3.4382

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-'''Ysgol Glan Clwyd''' (or '''Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd''') is a [[Welsh-language|Welsh]] [[Medium of instruction|medium]] [[secondary school]], and was the first of its kind. It opened in 1956, initially at [[Rhyl]] on the coast before moving inland to [[St Asaph]] in 1969.<ref>http://www.estyn.gov.uk/inspection_reports/ysgoldewisant.pdf</ref> It is overseen by the [[Denbighshire]] Local Education Authority.  In 2006 it had 833 students, of whom 108 were in the [[sixth form]]. A government inspection reported that although 70% students are from homes where English is the main or only language spoken, 95% of the students spoke Welsh as well as a native speaker. All subjects are taught in Welsh apart from English and a few in the sixth form.  There is a class for non-Welsh speakers to learn Welsh. Later in school, these pupils join mainstream classes.
+'''Ysgol Glan Clwyd''' (or '''Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd''') is a [[Welsh-language|Welsh]] [[Medium of instruction|medium]] [[secondary school]], and was the first of its kind. It opened in 1956, initially at [[Rhyl]] on the coast before moving inland to [[St Asaph]] in 1969.<ref>http://www.estyn.gov.uk/inspection_reports/ysgoldewisant.pdf</ref> It is overseen by the [[Denbighshire]] Local Education Authority.
+In 2006 it had 833 students, of whom 108 were in the [[sixth form]]. A government inspection reported that although 70% students are from homes where English is the main or only language spoken, 95% of the students spoke Welsh as well as a native speaker. All subjects are taught in Welsh apart from English and a few in the sixth form.
+== Present ==
+There is a class for non-Welsh speakers to learn Welsh. Later in school, these pupils join mainstream classes.
 [[File:Ysgol Glan Clwyd New Building.jpg|thumb|New school building following reconstruction]]
-The school has been reconstructed and refurbished in regards to Denbighshire County Council's twenty-first century school modernisation plan. The new building and refurbishment officially opened in September 2017, but pupils were moved into the building when the school opened in January 2017.
-==History of St Asaph Grammar School==
+The school has been reconstructed and refurbished in regards to Denbighshire County Council's twenty-first century school modernisation plan. The new building and refurbishment officially opened in September 2017, but pupils were moved into the building when the school opened in January 2017.{{update|date=October 2018}}
-The Royal Visitors of 1548 recommended the Cathedral Grammar School should be established at St Asaph.  However the Duke of Somerset’s privy council suggested that it should be transferred to Denbigh.  St Asaph was the cathedral city for north-east Wales and so Edward VI’s school was founded there.   In 1536 The Marian Bishop Goldwell assigned fines to “power scolers” by court injunction when the cathedral hierarchy recognised the close links to the grammar school through fines imposed for breaches of discipline.   While Bishop Hughes bequest seems to have been lost, a schoolhouse was finally bought and paid for by Bishop Barrow in his will of 1680.  It was attached to the parish church, but then meetings were removed to the Chapter House.
-A school room was established in 1780 by Bishop James Hughes and endowed by Mrs Elizabeth Williams, who left money in her will of 1729.  Lands and tenements at Tremeirchon and St Asaph, later known as Waun Farm were set aside for educating the poor of the parish.   All told the charities endowed £179 to the school and poor of the parish.   Thomas Pierce left 40 acres 3 rood and 15 perch of Waun Farm to “clothe the poor”.   Originally about 85 acres this estate investment grew about 130 acres by the late 19th century.  By 1774 a rentcharge of £5 pa was paid on Pentreucha Farm by owner Robert Ffoukes of Gweneigron to the schoolmaster.   The choral school was abandoned in 1817.  This would appear to mean that there was no education at the grammar school in the cathedral city.   The Post-Napoleonic period was one when the old Elizabethan grammar schools has fallen into dereliction, particularly in rural communities.
-In 1828 John Hutchinson left £180 to the school.  Consols of £521 were left by Thomas Pengwern to Sir Herbert Williams for the poor of the parish in 1866.
-In 1818 the school merged with the National School for Girls but discontinued its grammar status.   24 boys were educated free by special endowment.  Vicars Choral the junior canons were allowed to teach choristers on free scholarships.   The vicars had for years paid annual £35 towards the choristers at the grammar national school.
-The buildings consisted only of a large school room and a class room; but the appointment of the Master was in the gift of the vicar.  The Commission of Enquiry into the Endowed Schools of North Wales proposed that the school convert into a Latin or Secondary School with increased endowments.  The subscription school was replaced in 1863 by a new construction for both boys and girls.   The Victorian school buildings were completed in 1877.   It relocated by 1880 to larger premises.
-There are extensions to the original architecture.  The grammar school closed in 1969.  When Ysgol Glan Clwyd had first opened in 1956 it was the first all-Welsh speaking school.  It began in Rhyl as a primary school but moved to the grammar school site in 1969 when the grammar was superseded by Prestatyn High School.   Ysgol Y Creuddyn was opened as a welsh-speaking secondary school in 1981 to take some of the 1300 students at Glan Clwyd.  In 2005 the school opened arts and drama complex called Theatr Elwy.
-One former teacher of history Cllr James O Jones became assistant director of Education at Denbigh County Council in 1974.