Rhyl High School Explained

Rhyl High School
Coordinates:	53.3208°N -3.4746°W
Established:	1894
Head Label:	Headteacher
Head:	Claire Armitstead
Address:	86 Grange Road
Postcode:	LL18 4BY
Enrolment:	1173 (2023)
Gender:	Mixed
Lower Age:	11
Upper Age:	16
Website:	http://www.rhylhigh.denbighshire.sch.uk/

Rhyl High School is one of two high schools in Rhyl, Wales. It was founded in 1894.

History

Rhyl and District Intermediate School was founded in 1894. In 1901 the school was relocated to Grange Road and became Rhyl County School. The school subsequently became Rhyl Grammar School after the war and finally renamed as Rhyl High School.

In April 2016, the school moved from the 1901 site on Grange Road to a brand new building on the site of the school playing fields.

In June 2017, the school was put in lockdown for 45 minutes due to threats of violence towards pupils attending the school. The incident required the intervention of the police, resulting in the arrest of the 15-year-old culprit.^[1]

Former students

Rhyl Grammar School

Air Marshal Sir Peter Bairsto (1926–2017) - RAF officer and Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command (1981–1984)
Patrick Garnett (1932–2006), Swinging Sixties architect^[2]
- Tom Hooson (1934–1985) - MP for Brecon and Radnorshire Sir John Houghton (1931–2020) - Physicist and co-chair of Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change
Harold Lawton (1899—2005), Professor of French literature
Ann Jones (born 1953) - Member of the Senedd for Vale of Clwyd
Richard Mills-Owen - Chief Justice of Fiji (1964–1967)
Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn (1941–2003) - British politician, Leader of the House of Lords (2001–2003)

Rhyl High School

Lee Congerton - footballer
Tesni Evans (born 1992) - Wales international squash player
Kimberly Hart-Simpson (born 1987), actress and businesswoman

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Hodgson. Sarah. 2017-06-09. This is why a Rhyl school went into lockdown earlier. 2020-08-13. North Wales Live.
[Jonathan Glancey]