# Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe — Swansea, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Primary
- **Parent rating:** 1.8/5 from 3 published reviews
- **Students:** 900
- **Founded:** 2003
- **Principal:** Simon Davies

## Contact

- **Address:** Heol Gywrosydd, Penlan
- **Phone:** +44 1792 560600
- **Website:** https://www.bryntawe.swansea.sch.uk
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/swansea/ysgol-gyfun-gymraeg-bryn-tawe-25879

## About

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe is a Welsh-medium comprehensive secondary school located in Penlan, Swansea. Established in 2003 to meet the growing demand for Welsh-language education, it serves students aged 11 to 18, offering education from Year 7 through sixth form. The school emphasizes respect, perseverance, and Welshness as core values, aiming to develop responsible, ambitious, and tolerant citizens. It has a strong Additional Learning Needs (ALN) department providing inclusive support tailored to individual student needs. Facilities include plans for significant investment to improve and expand teaching spaces, including a new sixth form block. The school is known for its close-knit community atmosphere and strong links with feeder primary schools.

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — Shit School: Omg everything basically sucks about this school, except for the food, everyone is horrible the teachers horrible, they don’t deal with anything they just try fix it and go “ come on girls, you aren’t in year 2”- from one of the teachers, the rules are there to keep us safe not to make us feel like shit, they have way to many rules, I get some rules but most of them are a bunch of rubbish, idc if you find out who I am, I’m only speaking absolute facts, also shoving Welsh down people’s throats ai… *(May 2023)*
- **3/5** — hOMOPHOBIA IN BRYN TAWE: so fun love it but homophobIA IS NOT DELT WITH SO MANY GAY PEOPLE ARE ATTACKED WITH WORLDS DAILY ITS GROSS *(Sep 2021)*
- **3/5** — Good overall but could have some improvements: It’s a good school although their bullying policy could be updated and there should be better mental health services for kids. I also believe there is too much stress put on us from the first day of year 7 all the way to year 11 or 13. I also feel that they are hypocritical when talking about the school uniform policy as they say “we want to have an environment where students can express themselves” but then put loads of rules on us which to me is like they saying if you dress or look anyway dif… *(Aug 2020)*

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