St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint

St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School is a Catholic co-educational voluntary aided secondary school situated on Albert Avenue in Flint, Flintshire. It was founded in 1954 to serve the Catholic population of Flintshire.

St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School
Address
Albert Ave

Flint
,
Flintshire

Wales
Coordinates53.240596°N 3.127563°W / 53.240596; -3.127563
Information
TypeMixed Comprehensive Secondary
MottoWelsh: Dysgu â'n gilydd yng Nghrist
("Learning together in Christ")
Established1954
OversightFlintshire County Council
HeadteacherCatherine McCormack
ChaplainFr. Fretch Ballesteros
GradesYear 7 - Year 13 (Years 12 & 13 are Sixth Form)
GenderMixed
Enrollment861 (2016)[1]
HousesDewi, Beuno, Gwen
NicknameSRG
NewspaperGwyn News[2]
AffiliationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.strichardgwynflint.co.uk/

It is one of three Catholic secondary schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham, the others being St Joseph's Catholic & Anglican High School, Wrexham[3] and Blessed Edward Jones Catholic High School, Rhyl.[4]

History

When the school was founded in 1954 it was named Blessed Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School. However, in 1970, Richard Gwyn was canonised, and the school was renamed St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School.

It is a mixed school, currently serving 861 pupils (2016)[5] (including a mixed sixth form of over 120). It draws its pupils and students from the Roman Catholic parishes of Flint, Holywell, Queensferry, Mold, Saltney, Buckley, Connah's Quay, Hawarden and Pantasaph.

Its patron Saint, St Richard Gwyn, was canonized in 1970; prior to this, the school was called "Blessed Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School". To mark the feast day of St Richard Gwyn on 17 October the whole school has a Mass, preceded by themed lessons as part of a 'focus week'.

Since 2008, there has been a House System in the school. The houses are named Dewi, Winefride and Beuno.

The school's current head teacher is Ms Catherine McCormack. Past headteachers include:

  • Mr Burrows (1954 to circa 1973)
  • Tom Quinn (2002–2005)
  • Derek Doran (2005-2011)
  • Ronald Keating (2012-2016)
  • Maria Rimmer, interim (2016-2017)
  • Carole Philpot
  • Mark Philpot
  • Patrick Dominic Bryon OBE (For services to Education in Wales)

Estyn reports

In 2016 the Estyn inspection report labeled the school “unsatisfactory” and placed the school into special measures. This contrasted with the 2008 Estyn Report which labeled the school as "Good". Multiple problems were raised in the report including that performance from 2012-2016 at GCSE level had been “poor” with leadership at the school also being criticised.[6][7]

Ron Keating, headteacher at the time of the report, stated, “We have already started the work of addressing the findings of the Estyn report with the full support of staff, governors, parents and the local community. All these are working in partnership to make this a rapidly improving school."[8][9]

In November 2017, Estyn removed the school from the list of schools requiring special measures. The monitoring report stated, "The school is judged to have made sufficient progress in relation to the recommendations following the core inspection in May 2016. As a result, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales is removing the school from the list of schools requiring special measures."[10]

Notable former pupils

References
  1. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/unsatisfactory-flint-school-placed-special-11651492
  2. http://www.strichardgwynflint.co.uk/school-news-
  3. https://stjosephs.wales/
  4. http://blessededwardjones.eschools.co.uk/web
  5. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/unsatisfactory-flint-school-placed-special-11651492
  6. "St. Richard Gwyn Catholic High School". mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  7. "National School Categorisation System" (PDF). Welsh Government. January 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  8. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/unsatisfactory-flint-school-placed-special-11651492
  9. https://www.estyn.gov.wales/sites/default/files/documents/St%20Richard%20Gwyn%20Catholic%20High%20School.pdf
  10. St Richard Gwyn 2017 Monitoring Report from Estyn.gov.wales, retrieved 19 November 2018
  11. http://www.mansun.wiki/index.php?title=Paul_Draper
  12. "ThirdWay". June 2007.
  13. https://www.spectator.co.uk/2007/08/the-last-dotcom-entrepreneur/#
  14. http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/who-greatest-north-walian-time-2788259
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