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Roald Dahl Day 2026!
Sun 06 Sep 2026Join 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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We are collecting change for change!
Thu 03 Sep 2026We 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 crops
We hope to raise at least £50 which can support a pipe supply to a whole village. If you have any spare change, any pennies or small silver coins, send them in!
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Well done to all our Y11 pupils!
Fri 21 Aug 2026A 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, everyone having a positive destination.
As a PRU, we usually perform above the Welsh average in our Y11 results and when the data is released in January, we expect this to be the case again.We balance a mixture of essential GCSEs with vocational qualifications linked to pupil strengths and interests. For the first year in our recent history, we also secured BTEC qualifications with our alternative provision partners in Engineering and Hair and Beauty. Thank you to Cardiff Council MXC and Maesgwyn School for their support.
Thanks must also go to all our dedicated and hard working staff, every teacher (including the now retired Mark Bright) and every support member of staff from the teaching assistant and therapeutic teams. Well done everyone for the collaborative work to deliver our motto of “believing in young people” so well.Further thanks to our supportive parents, families and carers. No success would be possible without your partnership.
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Ty Gwyn pupil secures place at Oxford University
Mon 17 Aug 2026We 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 place.
These words from Tom Bennett, the respected author and behaviour advisor to the Westminster government remind us all of the power of a PRU to educate and guide our most vulnerable young people to success in their lives, in every way possible:
..."pupil referral units and alternative provision are not borstals; to send a child to one is not a failure. Often these are the best places for a child to have their needs met. The best ones are places of joy. They change and save lives. We need to overcome a feeling that they are shameful. They are intensive care for children who need it most".
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Ty Gwyn achieves Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award
Fri 24 Jul 2026Ty 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 Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and realising children’s rights and encouraging adults, children and young people to respect the rights of others in school. Gold is the highest accolade given by UNICEF UK and shows a deep and thorough commitment to children’s rights at all levels of school life. There are over 600 schools across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales that have received Gold.
Headteacher Victoria Cox-Wall, said: Ty Gwyn is extremely proud to have achieved this prestigious award, we have worked hard across the staff, governors, learners and parents and families to secure the RRS Gold award. Ty Gwyn recognises the rights all children have and uphold and live these daily in school to ensure learners have a voice and meaningful participation in their education, their development and their communities. It is particularly pertinent in a setting like ours where most children and young people have
faced adversity and challenge. Thankyou to all the staff and school community members who came on the journey with us.
The Award recognises achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of a school’s planning, policies and practice. A Rights Respecting School is a community where children’s rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted.
The UNICEF UK Rights Respecting Schools initiative is aimed at schools across the UK, including those in an early years setting. Currently, it works with nearly 5,000 primary schools, secondary schools, schools for children and young people with special educational needs and pupil referral units across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Schools have reported a positive impact on pupil behaviour, relationships and well-being by enhancing pupils’ self-esteem, leading to less truancy and bullying, better learning and improved academic standards.
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A very hard goodbye to Mark Bright
Tue 21 Jul 2026Our 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 his two much loved little ones.
Mark has touched so many lives over the years, always ready to listen, deeply caring and ever ready to step up, whatever the challenge. It’s often said someone has a a heart of gold, Mark is solid gold.He will be greatly missed by the colleagues he calls friends and the children he has devoted his life’s work to.
We surprised him on our last day with everyone singing “Mr Brightside” and wearing Mark masks as he came into a special assembly. We shared the beautiful poem and lots of memories and not a dry eye in the house ❤️
#teamtygwynalways
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Summer holiday offers for meals and days out free or reduced!
Sat 11 Jul 2026Lots of great offers for the summer holidays!
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Important Water Safety Information for your teenagers. Please read! 💦
Sat 27 Jun 2026Summer 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 minutes to talk to your child about staying safe around water:
✅ Don’t jump into unknown water
✅ Be aware of cold water shock—even on hot days
✅ Avoid using inflatables in open water
✅ Never swim alone
✅ In an emergency, call 999 – don’t enter the waterHaving these conversations can save lives.
Find out more:
🔗 https://www.rlss.org.uk/water-safety-for-teenagers
🔗 https://www.rlss.org.uk/Listing/Category/summer-water-safety#WaterSafety #StaySafe #SummerSafety
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Ty Gwyn Education Centre Summer Fayre 2026
Tue 23 Jun 2026All are welcome to our Summer Fayre
9th July 1-2pm
School Hall
Coffee, cakes, treats and games!
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The Big Lunch #bettertogether
Fri 19 Jun 2026This year we held the Big Lunch in school, we had planned to go to the park but the weather was against us as you may have noticed.
Becuase of this we didn’t have families or friends this year but it was fantastic to see the whole school sat down at lunch together and thank you to our fabulous cooks Emma and Steph for the pizza slices too!
All of the other food was donated by staff and friends to mark the special occasion and celebrate community, however it looks!
if you would like to hold a Big Lunch or be part of one, this is the link: https//:Edenprojectcommunities.com/thebiglunch
