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Penyrheol Comprehensive School
Address
Pontarddulais Road Gorseinon , Glamorganshire , SA4 4FG Wales
Coordinates	51°40′34″N 4°02′35″W / 51.676°N 4.043°W / 51.676; -4.043
Information
Type	Comprehensive
Motto	To Achieve You Need To Believe
Established	1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Local authority	Swansea
Headteacher	Damian Benney
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 16
Enrolment	920
Website	www.penyrheol-comp.net

Penyrheol Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales.

Admissions

It has around 1,000 pupils from the Penyrheol, Gorseinon, and Loughor areas. It is situated just east of the B4296, accessed via two miles along the A4240 from junction 47 of the M4.

It does not have a sixth form. It serves Gorseinon, Loughor, Penyrheol, Kingsbridge and Garden Village.

History

It was formerly administered by West Glamorgan County Council (based in Swansea).

1976 fire

The school had to be rebuilt due to a fire in 1976 which destroyed half of the school. Thirty years later, much the same thing would happen again and a similar financial shortfall in the cost from what was available from insurance cover.

New building

The school has a new £9.9 million building which was opened 4 September 2009, Designed by Stride Treglown and built by Carillion, and includes a sprinkler system and more CCTV.^{[ citation needed]}

Notable former pupils

• Leigh Halfpenny, rugby player
• Colin Jones, Welterweight boxer
• Adam Matthews, footballer
• Eli Walker, rugby player
• Jessica Sula, actress
• Matt Ryan (actor), Actor

References

External links

• "Penyrheol Comprehensive School". www.penyrheol-comp.net. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
• The fire
• Rebuilding of the school
• Constructing excellence in Wales

News items

• New school opens in September 2009
• Rebuilding begins in February 2008
• 18-year-old given six years for £8m of damage in fire in November 2006
• 17-year-old convicted in October 2006
• 17-year-old boasted about setting fire to the school
• Two 17-year-olds charged in May 2006
• Guardian April 2006
• Three arrests made in March 2006 over fire
• Blaze in March 2006

Video clips

• New school opens in September 2009
• Blaze in 2006 (poor quality)