Pontypridd High School

School in Cilfynydd, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales

51°37′27″N 3°19′18″W / 51.6243°N 3.3216°W / 51.6243; -3.3216InformationMottoYmdrech A Lwydda
(Success through Effort)Local authorityRhondda Cynon TaffHead TeacherHuw CrippsGenderCoeducationalAge11+Former nameCoedylan Comprehensive School / Pontypridd County Grammar SchoolWebsitehttp://www.pontypriddhighschool.co.uk

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]

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

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, 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

^ "Home". Pontypriddhighschool.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^ "Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
^ "CROCKETT, Rt Rev. (Phillip) Anthony". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
^ "Evans, Sir Trevor Maldwyn". ODNB. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Jones, John Graham (2009). "John, Brynmor". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
^ "The Supreme Court – Biographies of the Justices". www.supremecourt.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ 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.
^ Davies, Evan Thomas (1959). "Owen, Morfydd Llwyn". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
^ Williams, John Griffith Williams (2007). "Watkins, Sir Tasker". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
^ "Composer Gareth Wood". Rhondda Cynon Taf Library Service – Digital Archive. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^ "BBC One - The Voice UK, Series 2 - Ash Morgan". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2015.