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  • 01/10/26

    Fishing success!

    13 year old Kayden, our Y9 pupil, went fishing for the first time in Porthcawl (from the pier) and caught this very impressive dogfish!  He used a specialist bait (squid and prawn cocktail - it might put you off these!) and made it to "Young Rods" the well known fishing magazine! Da...
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  • 18/09/26

    *New* Catering Classroom update

    We would like to thank the Education Directorate for funding the refurbishment of our well used Catering Classroom. We had older gas cookers and some of the cupboards were left from the Aberdare Boys School days! This state of the art "kitchen" has 8 pupil cooking stations, a teacher dem...
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  • 16/09/26

    Macmillan Coffee Morning (afternoon!)

    Everyone is welcome to join us for Macmillan Coffee Morning   1-2pm Friday 25th September in the school hall   Due to allergy regulations, we can only accept donations of packaged/shop purchased items and will only be offering these to visitors.   Please do come along if you can...
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  • 06/09/26

    Roald Dahl Day 2026!

    Join us for Roald Dahl Day this Friday and dress up as one of your favourite characters! We will post pictures of our costumes and there will be prizes on the day for lots of reading activities 📚 
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  • 03/09/26

    We are collecting change for change!

    We are collecting change for change!   This term as part of our rights respecting school work, we are filling a used water container with spare change for children around the world who don’t access clean water: for drinking for washing for toilets  for cooking for watering cro...
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  • 21/08/26

    Well done to all our Y11 pupils!

    A very big well done to all our Y11s, a small group this year but a very hard working one! Pupil K will return to her school placement in September as a trainee teaching assistant, pupil C is off to ITEC and all our other leavers are off to Coleg Y Cymoedd campuses to study level 2 and 3 courses, e...
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  • 17/08/26

    Ty Gwyn pupil secures place at Oxford University

    We are pleased to share the news our former pupil Dylan has secured A*A*A*A at A level to secure his place to study Experimental Psychology at Oxford University this autumn.   We appreciate the support he received from the staff at Coleg Y Cymoedd and wish him every success as he takes up his...
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  • 24/07/26

    Ty Gwyn achieves Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award

    Ty Gwyn Education Centre receives prestigious UNICEF UK Gold Award     Ty Gwyn Education Centre, is to be awarded Gold by UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School programme.   UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Res...
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  • 21/07/26

    A very hard goodbye to Mark Bright

    Our much loved Construction and PSE teacher Mr Mark Bright has retired! Anyone who knows Ty Gwyn knows Mark, he’s been part of our story since the beginning. He is retiring to spend more time with the family and as he has always been a committed foster carer, he will now devote more time to...
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  • 11/07/26

    Summer holiday offers for meals and days out free or reduced!

    Lots of great offers for the summer holidays! 
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  • 27/06/26

    Important Water Safety Information for your teenagers. Please read! 💦

    Summer Water Safety – Please Share 💧 As the weather improves, more young people are spending time near rivers, lakes and the coast. Tragically, nearly half of UK drownings happen between May and August, with teenagers among the most at risk. [rlss.org.uk] Please take a few...
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  • 23/06/26

    Ty Gwyn Education Centre Summer Fayre 2026

    All are welcome to our Summer Fayre   9th July 1-2pm   School Hall    Coffee, cakes, treats and games!
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