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situated on Albert Avenue in

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, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1954 to serve the Catholic population of Flintshire. It is one of three Catholic secondary schools in the

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, the others being

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and

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History

When the school was founded in 1954 it was named

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Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School. However, in 1970,

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was canonised, and the school was renamed St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School. It is a mixed school, currently serving 861 pupils (2016) (including a mixed

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of over 120). It draws its pupils and students from the Roman Catholic parishes of

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, Queensferry,

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and

Pantasaph Pantasaph is a small village in Flintshire, north-east Wales, two miles south of Holywell in the community of Whitford. Its name translates into English as Asaph's Hollow. History Once abbey land belonging to nearby Basingwerk Abbey, Pantas ...

. Its patron Saint, St Richard Gwyn, was

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in 1970; prior to this, the school was called "

Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School". To mark the

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of St Richard Gwyn on 17 October the whole school has a

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, preceded by themed lessons as part of a 'focus week'. Since 2008, there has been a

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in the school. The houses are named Dewi,

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and

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. 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

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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. 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." 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."

Notable former pupils

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, Member of the

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* Paul Draper, lead singer of the band

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, director of the Institute of Ideas, member of the

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and former MEP for

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* Fiona Fox , director of the

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, billionaire businessman, co-founder of

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, footballer *

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint Secondary schools in Flintshire Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Wrexham Educational institutions established in 1954 1954 establishments in Wales Flint, Flintshire