Ysgol Bryn Gwalia

Ysgol Bryn Gwalia has a wonderful atmosphere where learning and respect is at its heart. You can sense this as soon as you walk through the gates. Everyone feels valued and the children develop into caring citizens who are knowledgeable and thoughtful about Wales and the world in which they live. Staff work very hard to create lessons and learning experiences which are stimulating and challenging.

The school is central to the community and activities supporting families are an important part of our busy calendar. We aspire to enrich the lives of all of our children and raise their aspirations for their future. We are determined that our children love every minute of being in primary school and leave well prepared for the rest of their school journey and their lives with plenty of happy memories to look back on.

The staff and governors are immensely proud of this school, of the achievements of our children, of our supportive parents, and the dedication and talent of our staff team. The Welsh educational curriculum for 3-16 year olds is being transformed and Ysgol Bryn Gwalia have been an integral part right from the beginning.

Following the publication of the "Successful Futures" document by Professor Donaldson in March 2015, Ysgol Bryn Gwalia applied to become a Curriculum Pioneer School and was invited in the November to help shape the discussions of the initial strategy document with the headteacher, Mr Jones, becoming a member of the Strategic Design Group. For the first time teachers would be able to shape their own curriculum. This necessitated frequent visits to Cardiff to meet with other teaching professionals and educational experts. His first job was to help write one of the initial strategy strands, "Welsh Dimension, International Perspective and Wider Skills". As part of this work, Mr Jones presented this strategy paper to over 150 leaders of education in January 2017 in Llandudno.