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Color
  
Maroon

Number of students
  
800

Local authority
  
Conwy

Colours
  
Maroon

Headquarters
  
Llanrwst, United Kingdom

Ages
  
11–18

Headteacher
  
Elan Davies

Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Secondary School Llanrwst Conwy

Location
  
Nebo Road Llanrwst Conwy LL26 0AP Wales

Motto
  
Gyda'n gilydd allwn gyrraedd ein potensial; Together we will achieve our potential

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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, Dolgarrog 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) has been developed into an NHS centre.

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Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Secondary School Llanrwst Conwy

The current headteacher of the school is Elan Davies, the first female headteacher of the school in 400 years. The deputy head is Mr John Lloyd Roberts.

Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Secondary School Llanrwst Conwy

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.

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Examinations

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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

  • Glyn Wise
  • Kai Owen
  • Paul Griffiths
  • Mark Roberts
  • Paul Jones

  • Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Secondary School Llanrwst Conwy

    References

    Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy Wikipedia