Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni

Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni is a vibrant, pioneering and successful 11-18 Welsh-medium comprehensive school serving the County Borough of Caerphilly. The school is located on two sites: Gelli Haf near Blackwood, and Gwyndy in the heart of Caerphilly itself.

Every subject apart from English is taught through the medium of Welsh. The school was awarded 7 grade 1s and was referred to as being “a very good school with many outstanding features” by Estyn in the most recent inspection. They also noted that “Pupils’ standards of achievement are excellent and teaching standards are exceptional”. The school provides a wide range of courses in the sixth form, including those at A/AS level and vocational courses.

Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni, translated to English as Rhymney Valley Comprehensive School, is a Welsh-medium school located in the village of Fleur-de-Lys in the Rhymney Valley. Cwm Rhymni was founded in 1981 with just over 100 pupils and has since grown to over 2000 pupils.

Cwm Rhymni was originally situated on two sites, a Lower school for years 7 and 8 and an Upper school for years 9 to 13, situated in Aberbargoed and Bargoed respectively. In the late 1990s the school was granted permission to build a new, state of the art one-site building in Fleur-de-lys, which opened in 2002. The original Headmaster of Cwm Rhymni was Mr Huw Thomas, who was succeeded by Mr Hefin Mathias in 1995. Mr Mathias was in turn succeeded upon his retirement in 2008 by Mr Owain ap Dafydd, who continues to be the school's Headmaster today.

The school's four houses are named after Welsh saints: Mabon (yellow), Cadog (green), Tudful (purple) and Sannan (blue). Tudful was a later addition to the original three houses as the school's numbers grew in the early 1990s. A second site, The Gwyndy, serving pupils from the Caerphilly Basin was opened in 2013.