Description
Penglais School is a State Secondary school for kids aged 11 to 18 (Gender - Mixed )
Ysgol Penglais School is a very successful comprehensive school offering a high-quality education to nearly 1,300 students including over 300 in the sixth form. The school was established in 1973 and teaches mainly through the medium of English.Penglais has all the advantages that a larger school can offer. These benefits include a greater range of subject choices at all levels, more specialist teaching and ancillary staff, and very good facilities.Every student is supported by Tutors and Year leaders:. “students adopt very positive attitudes towards learning. Their motivation is evidenced by the consistency of their good behaviour and their ability to sustain appropriate levels of concentration”The School has also built up a reputation for excellent care for those students with Additional Learning Needs, including a Learning Support Centre for those students with severe and moderate learning difficulties in north Ceredigion.
Facilities
Literacy
As a school we aim to develop and embed literacy across the curriculum to raise the standards of reading, writing and oracy for every learner within the school. They aim to support learners in their acquisition of literacy skills through a broad and balanced whole-school approach. At Penglais, literacy development is a collective responsibility and shared goal; all staff should ensure skills are consistently addressed to allow students to fulfil their potential as confident and articulate communicators.
Numeracy
As a school we aim to embed numeracy across the curriculum to raise the standards of numerical reasoning, mental strategies and written techniques through a broad and balanced whole-school approach. At Ysgol Penglais School, numeracy development is a collective responsibility and shared goal; all staff should ensure opportunities for students to engage with numeracy are taken, to allow students to fulfil their potential as confident and competent mathematicians.
Features
Things to note
Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act
On the 1st September 2021, the new Additional Learning Needs system will commence across schools in Wales. The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (ALNET) aims to create:a unified legislative framework to support all children of compulsory school age or below with additional learning needs (ALN) and to support young people with ALN who are in school or further education (FE), an integrated, collaborative process of assessment, planning and monitoring which facilitates early, timely and effective interventions, a fair and transparent system for providing information and advice, and for resolving concerns and appeals
Extra Curricular
Please check the school website link for details.
35.09 miles
