Denbigh High School, Denbighshire
| Established | 1922 |
|---|---|
| Headmaster | Mr. Simeon Molloy |
| Location |
Ruthin Road Denbigh Denbighshire LL16 3EX Wales Coordinates: 53°11′07″N 3°24′23″W / 53.1852°N 3.4065°W |
| Local authority | Denbighshire County Council |
| Staff | approx 80 |
| Students | 500 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website |
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Denbigh High School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Dinbych) is an English medium county comprehensive school in Denbigh.
Overview
Denbigh High School is situated on Ruthin Road, Denbigh in North Wales and caters for approximately 850 pupils from the ages of 11 to 18. The school is the only mainstream English/Welsh High School in the area where the next nearest is St.Brigid's then Rhyl High and Blessed Edwards (also in Rhyl).
Most of the school children come from Denbigh, St Asaph, Rhyl and the surrounding area.
The school has an annual sponsored walk, held in early September. It is a 13.5 kilometre walk around the Clwydian Range. The walk is used to raise funds for the school.
The school was originally situated on two separate sites with the first 3 years on the existing site and the older years at an older building on Middle Lane, which is situated half a mile away. This Middle Lane site was built in 1903 as The County School and Denbigh High ceased using it in 1983. The site then became a Youth Club and is used for Teacher Training and Education Administration.
The school is in conjunction with the secondary department of the autistic school Ysgol Plas Brondyffryn, which was built in 2003.
Heads
As of 2013 the Headteacher is Simeon Molloy. Previous Headteachers include: Ms Alison Duncan, Mr Bill Bailey, Mr G D Dodd and Mr Maurice Bitcon.
Special education partnership
The school has a longstanding partnership with Ysgol Plas Brondyffryn, a special needs school catering mainly to pupils with autism and Asperger syndrome, as well as a smaller number of students diagnosed as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, cerebral palsy and developmental coordination disorder. In 2003 a new Secondary Dept. of Brondyffryn was built behind Denbigh High, and caters for 56 youngsters from throughout North and Mid Wales along with parts of Cheshire and Liverpool. This unit has its own, self-contained science laboratory, design-technology workshop, ICT department and Life Learning (cookery) kitchen. The building is roughly shaped like a capital letter G, and is divided into five corridors. This building forms the senior department of Brondyffryn; the junior department is located near Ysgol Frongoch, and was reconstructed shortly following the senior department.
The project increases integration between some autistic teenagers and youngsters from the local comprehensive. In 2004, the first full-time transfer from Brondyffryn to Denbigh High took place, and since then there have been several more transitions to full-time mainstream education.[1]
Controversy
In September 2009, Maths teacher at the school, Ian Gee, was suspended and later fired from the school when images of child pornography were found on a computer at his home. Investigators found no evidence to suggest criminal activity had taken place on school premises or during school hours. He was banned from working with children for five years.[2][3]
References
- ↑ BBC News | WALES | Special school given the green light
- ↑ "North Wales teacher escapes jail over child porn images". Daily Post. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
A MATHS teacher has been banned from working with children for five years after hundreds of indecent images of children were found on his computer. Ian Patrick Gee, originally suspended from his job at Denbigh High School and now sacked, was yesterday spared jail, but must register as a sex offender with the police for the next five years.
- ↑ "More child sex convictions open up the 'paedo files' in Denbighshire". The Leader. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
Former Denbigh High School teacher Ian Gee was given a three year community order after he was found guilty of downloading 171 indecent images of children