Ysgol John Bright

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Ysgol John Bright
Address
Map
Maesdu Road

Llandudno
,
Conwy
,
LL30 1DF

Wales
Coordinates53°19′15″N 3°49′29″W / 53.32079°N 3.82480°W / 53.32079; -3.82480
Information
Established1896
FounderJohn Bright MP
Local authorityConwy
Department for Education URN401684 Tables
OfstedReports
Headteacher (Pennaeth)Hywel Parry
Staff364
GenderCo-education
Age11 to 19
Websitehttps://www.johnbright.uk/

Ysgol John Bright is a secondary school on Maesdu Road, Llandudno in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It was founded with money and support from the social reformer John Bright, whose son died in Llandudno in 1864. Until 1969 the school was a selective grammar school known as John Bright Grammar School (JBGS). It reopened in September 1969 as a comprehensive and with a new name – Ysgol John Bright. ("Ysgol" is Welsh for "school") The school serves the state secondary education sector in the Llandudno area and has around 1200 pupils. The current headteacher is Hywel Parry.

The first John Bright school first opened in February 1896 in temporary premises – now the Risboro Hotel. It was bought for £567 and had 62 pupils. By 1905, there were nearly 80 pupils and 5 teachers. It had five classrooms and specialist rooms for cookery, music, art and woodwork, physics and science. The headmaster was J.M. Archer-Thomson, a leading Welsh mountaineer.

The school moved to a new site on Oxford Road in 1907 and remained on that site until 2004. The Oxford Road buildings were demolished in 2004 and the site was redeveloped as an

PFI
project and a facilities management company handles caretaking, cleaning and catering. The cost was £20,000,000. As the new site had previously been a landfill and gasworks, the move was the subject of some controversy.[2][3]

Examinations

The school offers education for

A-level for Post-16 education. The school is well known for its exceptional sports facilities.[citation needed
] The school performs a different musical production each year.

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Ysgol John Bright

References

  1. ^ "Prime school site was sold for less than market value. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. ^ Humphries, Paul (22 October 2002). "Contaminated land sites put lives at risks". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ^ "New school will be built on poison tip; ASSEMBLY INSISTS SITE CONTAMINATED BY ARSENIC AND CYANIDE IS SAFE. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/101558
    . Retrieved 13 August 2020.

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