St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint
| St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School | |
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Flint, Wales United Kingdom |
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| Type | Mixed comprehensive secondary |
| Motto |
Welsh: Dysgu â'n gilydd yng Nghrist ("Learning together in Christ") |
| Established | 1954 |
| Oversight | Diocese of Wrexham |
| Headmaster | Mr. Ronan Keating |
| Chaplain | Fr. Shaji Punnattu Thomas S.D.V. |
| Grades | Year 7 - Year 13 (Years 12 & 13 are Sixth Form) |
| Enrollment | 950 (approx. as of 2008) |
| Nickname | SRG |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www.strichardgwyn.com |
St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School is a Catholic comprehensive school serving the population of Flintshire in North Wales. It was founded in 1954 to serve the Catholic population of Flintshire. It is a nationally recognised forward looking 11 – 18 school with excellent records of achievement at all levels.
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 and Blessed Edward Jones RC High School, Rhyl.
It is a mixed school, currently serving close to 1000 pupils (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.
The most recent 2008 Estyn and Diocesan Inspections quotes:
"This is an Outstanding Catholic School", "Outstanding pupil motivation and behaviour", "Outstanding pastoral care, respect for diversity and working relationships", "Outstanding leadership and management", "Outstanding GCSE results", "Outstanding working relationship with parents" "We haven't seen such an entire school behaving so well before" (Inspector comment)
Its patron Saint, St. Richard Gwyn, was canonized in 1970; prior to this, the school was called "Blessed Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School". The school observes his feast day on 17 October with a whole school Mass; every year, this is preceded by a week of religious observance and themed lessons as part of a "whole school retreat" that is called a faith 'focus week'.
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