Pontypridd High School

Pontypridd High School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Pontypridd) (formerly known as Coedylan Comprehensive) is an English-medium comprehensive school in the village of Cilfynydd near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.^[1]

Pontypridd High School
Address
Albion Community Campus Cilfynydd, Pontypridd , Glamorgan , CF37 4SF Wales
Coordinates	51°37′27″N 3°19′18″W
Information
Motto	Ymdrech A Lwydda (Success through Effort)
Local authority	Rhondda Cynon Taff
Head Teacher	Huw Cripps
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11+
Former name	Coedylan Comprehensive School / Pontypridd County Grammar School
Website	http://www.pontypriddhighschool.co.uk

Admissions

It is for ages 11–18. It is on the west side of the A470.

History

Grammar school

It was known as Pontypridd County Grammar School, a boys' grammar school, which had been established in 1895 as a co-educational school, and later became a single-sex school.

Comprehensive

When becoming comprehensive, it was known as Coedylan Comprehensive School.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Pontypridd High School

Pontypridd County Grammar School

• [(Desmond Mapps (1955-1962) Professor and inventor, University of Plymouth. SONY Professor, SONY Research Center, Yokohama, Japan)]
• Desmond Brayley, Baron Brayley
• Sir Ivor Broom, station commander of RAF Brüggen from 1962–64, AOC of No. 11 Group RAF from 1970–72, and controller from 1974-77 of National Air Traffic Services (NATS)^[2]
• Anthony Crockett, Bishop of Bangor from 2004–08^[3]
• Glyn Davies, rugby player
• Sir Trevor Evans, journalist^[4]
• Bernard Hedges, professional cricketer with Glamorgan CCC, 1950-1967
• John Hopkins, fellow of Downing College Cambridge, 1961-2004, and university lecturer in law; afterwards emeritus fellow^{[citation needed]}
• Maldwyn James, rugby player
• Brynmor John, Labour MP from 1970-88 for Pontypridd^[5]
• David Lloyd Jones, Lord Lloyd-Jones, judge of the High Court (QBD) (2005–12), Lord Justice of Appeal (2012-2017), and first justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to come from Wales (2017-2022) and (2022- ).^[6]
• Geraint Stanley Jones, broadcaster, chief executive from 1989-94 of S4C, Controller from 1981-85 of BBC Wales^{[citation needed]}
• David Kelly, biological weapons expert^[7]
• Paul Lewis (lawyer) K.C. (Barrister; former Leader of the Wales and Chester Circuit.)^{[citation needed]}
• Gareth Owen, vice-chancellor from 1985-87 of the University of Wales, and principal from 1979-89 of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth^{[citation needed]}
• Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891-1918), composer, pianist and mezzo-soprano^[8]
• Gareth Payne, rugby player
• Alun Richards, author^{[citation needed]}
• Tudor Rickards, academic
• Sir Tasker Watkins, VC, former High Court judge (1971-1980), Lord Justice of Appeal (1980-1993) and deputy Lord Chief Justice (1988-1993). President of the Welsh Rugby Union, 1993-2004^[9]
• Alun Williams, radio presenter
• Gareth Wood (1950-2023), composer and double-bassist^[10]

Coedylan Comprehensive School And Pontypridd High School

• Kevin Courtney, former physics teacher, and General Secretary from 2016-2017 of the NUT
• Ash Morgan, singer^[11]
• Kimberley Nixon, actress
• Ceri Sweeney, Welsh rugby union international (1991-1998)
• Martyn Williams, Welsh rugby union international (1987-1994)
• Cory Hill, Welsh rugby union international and British and Irish Lions, 2016–present
• Jarrod Evans, Wales rugby union international, 2019–Present

References

1. "Home". Pontypriddhighschool.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
2. "Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
3. "CROCKETT, Rt Rev. (Phillip) Anthony". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
4. "Evans, Sir Trevor Maldwyn". ODNB. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
5. Jones, John Graham (2009). "John, Brynmor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
6. "The Supreme Court – Biographies of the Justices". www.supremecourt.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
7. Lewis, Robert (2013). Dark Actors: The Life and Death of David Kelly. London: Simon and Schuster. pp. 27–28. ISBN 978-0-85720-919-1.
8. Davies, Evan Thomas (1959). "Owen, Morfydd Llwyn". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
9. Williams, John Griffith Williams (2007). "Watkins, Sir Tasker". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
10. "Composer Gareth Wood". Rhondda Cynon Taf Library Service – Digital Archive. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
11. "BBC One - The Voice UK, Series 2 - Ash Morgan". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

External links

• Pontypridd High School