# Pencoedtre High School — Barry, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Primary
- **Parent rating:** 1.4/5 from 9 published reviews
- **Students:** 1100
- **Founded:** 1971
- **Principal:** S Cowan

## Contact

- **Address:** Merthyr Dyfan Road
- **Phone:** +44 1446 403500
- **Website:** https://sites.google.com/pencoedtrehigh.co.uk/pencoedtre-high-school/home
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/barry/pencoedtre-high-school-26143

## About

Pencoedtre High School, located on Merthyr Dyfan Road in Barry, Wales, is a mixed-gender secondary school serving approximately 1,100 students aged 11 to 19. Originally opened in 1971 as Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School, a girls-only school, it transitioned to a mixed school and was renamed Pencoedtre High School in 2018. The school shares a joint sixth form with Barry Comprehensive School under the name Whitmore High School. The campus spans 36 acres and includes extensive facilities such as sports fields, tennis courts, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, a fitness gym, science labs, music studios, and multiple computer rooms. The school emphasizes a supportive and inclusive environment where students from diverse backgrounds can thrive academically and socially. It is known for its modern, sustainable infrastructure, including solar panels and all-weather sports facilities, developed as part of the Welsh Government's 21st Century Schools investment program.

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — How bad the school is: The school the worst place I have ever been to I have a Welsh teacher who has not been in since December I keep getting supplies and they can't even speak Welsh. They just decided they want to change the timetable so everyone is on the same lunch and break. In the toilets there's drawings and slurs all over the walls it's pathetic In there NEVER go to pencoedtre please *(May 2024)*
- **1/5** — Very bad: It’s shit most the teachers are horrible toilets are disgusting they can’t keep kids in lesson they say r5 means exclusion but they say just go in isolation! When r1 is warning r2 is a negative r3 is meant to be detention r4 is meant to be isolation and r5 is supposed to be exclusion but the teachers tell people to shut up and all sorts and a lot of the teachers have got done for things I would not recommend also because if u want to go and learn then that won’t be happening because how many ppl… *(Nov 2023)*
- **1/5** — 1 because i couldn't put 0: This school is appalling at sorting any problems especially with bullying we have been told they would do anything until it turns physical 3 years later the same kids are still bullying but now started touching him inappropriate takes days for any contact then the bully will be given a couple of days holiday and allowed to carry on they CAN NOT KEEP CHICKEN SAFE *(Nov 2023)*
- **1/5** — Thus school is not the best it could do better.: This school does not care about students mental health I go to well being at my school and all they say is for me to sit down for 10 minutes. They do not come over to talk to you or ask how your doing or what's going on to make you feel this way. There are subs for teachers and they don't do anything most of the subs let you go on your phone and go on there phones themselves. They care more about our uniform then our wellbeing and learning *(Apr 2023)*
- **3/5** — Not great: I have some issues with the school like the toilets, they are horrendous I’ve never seen such destruction in a toilet there’s light pulled out the ceiling, no locks on a lot of doors, no toilet roll in quite a lot of them, people booting them in whilst others are in there it’s disgusting. The communication with most the teachers is horrific, calling and calling and calling the school when they finally answer you tell them the problem then they say they will resolve the problem but nothing is don… *(Mar 2023)*
- **1/5** — boring: bad bad school sucks dick *(Jan 2023)*
- **3/5** — It wasn’t the worst: It wasn’t the worst if I have to be honest however they do not handle bullying and racism well and the n word and the p word is always said around and don’t do anything about it.Some teachers are nice and helpful and it wasn’t the worst however I would tackle the racism issue so *(Jul 2021)*
- **1/5** — Poor Bullying Policy: When I was at this school I was bullied really badly. It was a police matter in the end because they just wouldn’t leave me alone. The school refused to do anything to discipline the bully, and they of course continued targeting me and a number of other vulnerable people. I ended up having to go to therapy and my parents had to consider going to the board of education due to the school not taking any action apart from telling the bully to “please stop” (which they didn’t, no further action was t… *(Mar 2021)*
- **4/5** — I would recommend: Since the head teacher has changed, it’s been amazing. However in cold weather you are not allowed to were coats and/or hoodies. The education is good, this could be good but you don’t get much homework. During this difficult time they aren’t doing zoom classes so you don’t get to learn properly. The teachers have favourite pupils and treat everyone differently. This school is for both females and males. There are a lot of subjects that other schools don’t have such as; their own hair and beauty… *(Jan 2021)*

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