Ysgol Greenhill School is a secondary school in the coastal town of

Tenby Tenby ( cy, Dinbych-y-pysgod, lit=fortlet of the fish) is both a walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the western side of Carmarthen Bay, and a local government community. Notable features include of sandy beaches and the Pembroke ...

, Pembrokeshire. With approximately 1200 pupils on roll, it is one of the largest secondary schools in Wales.

History

Greenhill Centre and Library (was Ysgol Greenhill School), Tenby (geograph 3786054)

The school was originally a

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and was situated on Greenhill Road,

. The school moved into its current premises, between Heywood Lane and Marsh Road in 1962 and the former school became Tenby Library. The school eventually turned into a comprehensive school.

Improvements

In its complex the school has a

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centre for post-16 education, a futuristic building which was designed to be energy efficient and environmentally friendly, it was opened in 1999. A new extension to the school has now been completed. The new development means that there are now new IT suites, new Design and Technology rooms (such as textiles and catering), a renovated

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department and new Learning Support rooms. There has also been a redesign to the ground floor, opening out the area of the school.

Music

The school also has an award-winning

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. Greenhill Orchestra has won the National

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Competition and got to the

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finals on several occasions and in July 2009 they came joint first. Concerts are held regularly at the school. Apart from the orchestra the school also has a windband,

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band and symphony orchestra. Steffan Ciccotti, an ex-member, came 3rd in the 2009 young musician of Wales.

Sport

The school has many sports facilities. It has two large

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s, seven

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s that double up as all weather playing spaces. It also has an all-weather

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for the school football and

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teams, which see success in regional and national competition.

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is played on the main school playing field, along with

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Notable alumni

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, actress in ''

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'' * Tom Shanklin, Wales rugby union international *

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, actor and film maker * Liam Cullen, football player (Swansea City)

References

External links

Ysgol Greenhill
{{authority control Greenhill Tenby