St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint
St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School is a Catholic co-educational voluntary aided secondary school situated on Albert Avenue in Flint, Flintshire, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1954 to serve the Catholic population of Flintshire.
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| Coordinates | 53°14′26″N 3°07′39″W / 53.240596°N 3.127563°W |
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| Type | Mixed Comprehensive Secondary |
| Motto | Welsh: Dysgu â'n gilydd yng Nghrist ("Learning together in Christ") |
| Established | 1954 |
| Oversight | Flintshire County Council |
| Headteacher | Catherine McCormack[1] |
| Chaplain | Fr. Fretch Ballesteros |
| Grades | Year 7 – Year 13 (Years 12 & 13 are Sixth Form) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Enrollment | 861 (2016)[2] |
| Houses | Dewi, Beuno, Gwen |
| Nickname | SRG |
| Newspaper | Gwyn News[3] |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www |
It is one of three Catholic secondary schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham, the others being St Joseph's Catholic & Anglican High School, Wrexham[4] and Blessed Edward Jones Catholic High School, Rhyl.[5]
History
editWhen the school was founded in 1954 it was named Blessed Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School. However, in 1970, Richard Gwyn was canonised, and the school was renamed St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School.
It is a mixed school, currently serving 861 pupils (2016)[2] (including a mixed sixth form of over 120). It draws its pupils and students from the Roman Catholic parishes of Flint, Holywell, Queensferry, Mold, Saltney, Buckley, Connah's Quay, Hawarden and Pantasaph.
Its patron Saint, St Richard Gwyn, was canonized in 1970; prior to this, the school was called "Blessed Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School". To mark the feast day of St Richard Gwyn on 17 October the whole school has a Mass, preceded by themed lessons as part of a 'focus week'.[citation needed]
Since 2008, there has been a House System in the school. The houses are named Dewi, Winefride and Beuno.
The school's head teacher is Catherine McCormack.[1] Past headteachers include:[citation needed]
- Mr Burrows (1954 to circa 1973)
- Tom Quinn (2002–2005)
- Derek Doran (2005–2011)
- Ronald Keating (2012–2016)
- Maria Rimmer, interim (2016–2017)
- Carole Philpot
- Mark Philpot
- Patrick Dominic Bryon OBE (for services to Education in Wales)
Estyn reports
editIn 2016 the Estyn inspection report labeled the school "unsatisfactory" and placed the school into special measures. This contrasted with the 2008 Estyn Report which labeled the school as "Good". Multiple problems were raised in the report including that performance from 2012–2016 at GCSE level had been "poor" with leadership at the school also being criticised.[6][7]
Ron Keating, headteacher at the time of the report, stated, "We have already started the work of addressing the findings of the Estyn report with the full support of staff, governors, parents and the local community. All these are working in partnership to make this a rapidly improving school."[2][8]
In November 2017, Estyn removed the school from the list of schools requiring special measures. The monitoring report stated, "The school is judged to have made sufficient progress in relation to the recommendations following the core inspection in May 2016. As a result, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales is removing the school from the list of schools requiring special measures."[9]
Notable former pupils
edit- Michelle Brown MS, UK Independence Party, Member of the National Assembly for Wales
- Paul Draper, lead singer of the band Mansun[10]
- Claire Fox, director of the Institute of Ideas, member of the House of Lords and former MEP for North West England[11]
- Fiona Fox OBE, director of the Science Media Centre
- Simon Nixon, billionaire businessman, co-founder of Moneysupermarket.com[12]
- Ian Rush MBE, footballer[13]
- Hannah Blythyn Member of the Senedd, Deputy Minister for Social Partnership
References
edit- ^ a b McCormack, Catherine (19 July 2022). "Dear SRG families". St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "'Unsatisfactory' Flint school placed in special measures". 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ http://www.strichardgwynflint.co.uk/school-news- [dead link]
- ^ "St Joseph's Catholic and Anglican High School, Wrexham". Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Welcome to Blessed Edward Jones Catholic High School". Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "St. Richard Gwyn Catholic High School". mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "National School Categorisation System" (PDF). Welsh Government. January 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ St Richard Gwyn 2017 Monitoring Report Archived 19 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine from Estyn.gov.wales, retrieved 19 November 2018
- ^ "Paul Draper". Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "ThirdWay". June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "The last dotcom entrepreneur | the Spectator". Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Who is the greatest North Walian of all time?". 11 May 2009. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.