Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf

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Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf
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Main entrance to reception
Location
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf
Bridge Road

Cardiff
,
CF14 2JL

Wales
Coordinates 51°30′04″N3°13′34″W / 51.50120°N 3.22605°W / 51.50120; -3.22605
Information
Type State school
Motto'Coron Gwlad Ei Mamiaith'
('A Country's Crown is Her Mother Tongue')
Established1978
Department for Education URN 401885 Tables
Head TeacherMatthew Evans
GenderAll
Age12to 18
Enrolment1,453 (2023)
HousesDewi, Dyfrig, Illtud, Teilo
ColoursLight and dark blue
Website www.glantaf.cymru

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf is a Welsh-medium coeducational secondary school in Llandaff North, a district in the north of Cardiff, Wales; it is the largest of its kind in the country. Of the three Welsh-medium secondary schools serving Cardiff, it was the first to be established; the others are Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Edern. As of 2017, 36% of pupils came from Welsh-speaking homes. [1]

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History

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf opened in September 1978. This was one month after the 1978 National Eisteddfod of Wales, held in Cardiff and, when a winner for the Bardic Chair could not be found, the chair was donated to Ysgol Glantaf. [2]

While on the one hand the opening of Cardiff's first Welsh language secondary school was seen as a major step, on the other hand there were protests outside the school, with protesters waving placards saying "Welsh Go Home". [3]

The school initially shared premises with the English-language Glantaf High School, but later expanded to occupy the whole building. Its first headmaster was J E Malcolm Thomas, who was succeeded upon his retirement in 1995 by Huw S Thomas, and then by headmistress Rhiannon Lloyd from Rhydywaun School. In early 2010, the board of governors announced that from September 2010, the former head of Rhydywaun School would take over from Rhiannon Lloyd. From September 2010, Alun Davies was headmaster prior to Mathew Evans joining the school in September 2020 as headteacher from Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur. [4]

Pupil numbers at the school increased into four figures during the mid-1980s, necessitating the annexing of the buildings of the old Waterhall School in Fairwater to form the Ysgol Isaf (Lower School), which housed the first and second forms (later years 7 and 8) of the school from 1986. This split-site arrangement continued until the opening of Cardiff's second Welsh-medium comprehensive school, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr, in 1998, from which point the Llandaff North site again housed the entirety of Glantaf's pupils.

Welsh-medium education

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf is a Welsh-medium school, which means that all lessons except English language and literature should take place in the Welsh language. Ysgol Glantaf presents sixth form students for the Welsh Baccalaureate examination.

Results

In 2008, 76% of pupils at GCSE (or equivalent) (ages 15 to 16) year achieved five or more A* - C grades at GCSE, [5] and 76% of pupils at A/AS level (or equivalent) (ages 17 to 18) achieved two or more A - C grades. [5]

Awards

In 2019, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf was named Welsh Secondary School of the year by the Sunday Times. [6]

Notable alumni

Arts and media
Sport
Politics

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf | Estyn". www.estyn.gov.wales. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dim teilyngdod: Beth sy'n digwydd i gadeiriau heb eu hennill?". BBC Cymru Fyw (in Welsh). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 Branwen Jones (6 March 2022). "How Cardiff became a Welsh language city". Wales Online . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "About Us". Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 http://www.npd-wales.gov.uk/pagecontent/shared/PublicDocs/681/SEC/6814071E.pdf%5B%5D
  6. ↑ Wightwick, Abbie (23 November 2019). "Sunday Times reveals its best secondary schools in Wales". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 "Stars are on opposite sides of the fence". South Wales Echo. 24 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Weighlifting: Darius Jokarzadeh confident he can realise Olympic dream". Wales Online . 2 May 2012.
  9. ↑ Howell, Andy (26 August 2017). "Welsh speaker will make World Cup history". Wales Online. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
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