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Hi, Year 13. We are living through an exceptional time and something we have not experienced before. The pandemic has hit our world and its affects will be felt for the rest of the year. This was your time - leaving school and moving onto your chosen paths, be it university, a job, a year out. The coronavirus may have affected that choice. The Education Minster and I (Careers Wales) want to kno...

24th June 2020 Message This note is for those who have decided NOT TO RETURN to school before September. I understand fully why you have decided NOT to return to school at the current time and I respect this position fully. Please do not attempt to attend school in the next few weeks (w.c. 29.06.20 - 17.07.20) if you have not informed the school that you are coming back. We have made plans th...

Progress Marker 1 Reports have been sent home via the Parent App. If you have not signed up for the App please contact the school.

YEAR 11 Maths - Half term Additional Help There are Maths sessions in school on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of half term. The sessions are not taught but are for students to bring in their past papers and go through specific questions if they need additional help. Venue: Maths block Time: 10:30 to 1pm on Weds, Thurs and Friday

The results of the Parent Governor Elections Dr. L. Wren-Owens was elected and received 47 votes A big thank you to Mrs. S. Sinclair, Mrs. A. Dabernig and Mrs. A. Benjamin for expressing an interest in this post.

Election of Parent Governor Following the recent communication from the school in relation to parent elections, I am now inviting you to register your vote for the candidates. Pupils have been given ballot papers to take home on the 3rd April. Every parent/legal guardian who has a child in the school may vote for 1 Candidate. Please therefore place an ’X’ opposite the name of th...

Just a reminder that a team of nurses will be in school on Friday 8th of March to carry out the school leavers booster vaccinations. These are offered to all of year 9. Most pupils were given their consent forms on Monday, to be returned on Tuesday please. The hospital are generating a few forms that were missing when the first batch arrived at school. The remainder of forms should be given ou...

From September 2016 the qualifying distance for free primary school transport changed from 1.5 miles to 2 miles and the qualifying distance for free secondary transport changed from 2 miles to 3 miles What this means is that for most learners, the policy change will not mean a loss of provision at the current distances. However, learners who are either starting their reception year, or year 7 a...

Monday the 7th of January is an INSET Day and so all pupils will start back to school on Tuesday 8th January 2019. It is a week B.

As mentioned at various Parents’ Meetings this year, the Welsh Government now has an extensive online safety area on Hwb. You do not need to log in to access these resources. As new resources are added, we are also adding them to this website. In November 2018 the following leaflet was added to Hwb for parents and carers. It will also be on our website by the 14th November. A parent and...

It appears that there are a couple of issues with the website this weekend. Hopefully they will be rectified at the start of next week. Over the last couple of weeks we have been updating all the areas on the website. I hope that this has all been completed now. Thank you for your patience.

As part of carers week everyone in Bridgend is welcome to pop along to any of the following events to find out more: Tuesday 12 June at Sainsbury’s, 9:30am - 12pm. Tuesday 12 June at Bridgend Carers Centre, 12:30pm - 2:30pm. Tuesday 12 June at the Princess of Wales Hospital (all day). Wednesday 13 June at the Civic Offices (all day). Thursday 14 June at the Rhiw Shopping Centre (all ...

Thank you to all the pupils and staff who have attended and made these two weeks so successful. Here is Friday’s timetable. Year 11 Fri 13.04.18 Resistant Materials GCSE organised by Mr Evans in the Technology Workshops. (9:30 - 1:00) Sixth Form Fri 13.04.18 Year 12 PE organised by Mr Stradling in Sports area. (9:00 - 12:00) Year 12 & 13 Product design organised by Mr Evans in the ...

The School Behaviour Policy has been recently reviewed and updated and was adopted by the Governing Body last week. Any changes will now be added to the Planners for 2018-2019 and over the coming weeks pupils will be reminded of various procedures in a variety of ways e.g. posters.

SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN TO PUPILS ON MONDAY 5th MARCH. It is a week A. Thankyou Following advice from the Local Authority B.C.B.C the school will be closed on Thursday 1st March and Friday 2nd March 2018. School will be open as usual on Monday 5th March 2018. This letter will be sent home via pupil post on the 28th Feb 2018 Thank you 28 February 2018 Dear Parent/ Carer As you will be aware...

We all return to school on Monday 26th February. It is a week B. This is a short half term, just 5 weeks till the Easter break. The last day for pupils before Easter is Wednesday 28th March, as the 29th March is an INSET day.

All pupils return to school on Tuesday 9th January. It is a week B. Many year 10 and 11 pupils have GCSE English Literature on the first day back.

Over the next few weeks all pupils will take part in a Health and wellbeing Survey. The survey is anonymous but will provide the school with information to improve our Health and wellbeing lessons/events etc. All pupils will have been given a letter with further information and the letter can also be found on this website under PARENTS, Letters Home ........ Thank you Mrs Hunt

Photo Day Proof should be available to view on Monday 9th October. Year 7, 8, 9 10 and 12 had their photos taken on Tuesday 19th September. They were given a photo order form by the photographer with their own login details and a personal access code. By logging in you will be able to view the photographs and also purchase them if you wish. There is an option to have the photographs delivered...

Please note the following guidance below. You can also see the full uniform policy in the PUPILS section of the website, under Uniform. Thank you in advance for your continued support. Further Guidance Trousers Plain, classic school-style trousers. These should be straight legged and not a tight, ’bootleg’, ’drainpipe’ or ’jeans’ style nor should they be &rs...

Please vote for GROW TOGETHER, Porthcawl Comprehensive’s gardening project at our local Tesco Stores in July and August. We have already won through to round 2 of the Tesco ’Bags of help’ Scheme. Now we have a chance of winning £4000 towards a polytunnel and supplies so we can ’Grow Together’ (project name) at Porthcawl Comprehensive. Voting will take place...

Some of the school events coming up next week Examinations continue, with AS, A2 and the last of the GCSE examinations. Inset Day 19th June 2017. Please note that external examinations continue on Inset Days. Year 12 return to school on the 20th June Year 12 UCAS Evening at the school 6pm - 7pm on 20th June Athletics for years 7, 8, 9 and 10 Technology and Art Awards Evening 21st June Transit...

’’The national curriculum for Wales is changing and Porthcawl Comprehensive School is at the forefront! We have been given the exciting opportunity of becoming a Pioneer School which places us as part of an all-Wales partnership team to create a new curriculum for Wales. The Music, Drama, Art and Media departments at PCS were invited, along with 14 other schools, to design a new and...

The e-safety committee met for an hour on Friday 20th October. We were delighted to see so many new members. Just a reminder that the Porthcawl website has two areas for e-safety with lots of very useful information. You will find information for pupils in: PUPILS E-safety and information for parents in: PARENTS e-safety We would encourage parents/carers to report an e-safety concerns to th...

On Friday 24th March 2017 we held a photo day for year 11 and for some of our music groups e.g. orchestras and choirs. Year 11 will get their proofs from their form teachers, either on Thursday 6th April or on the first day back after the Easter Holidays. Music pupils may collect their proofs form Miss Thomas in the music department. We will collect any requests for photos/money by Tuesda...

Welcome back after half term. Assessment marker 2 data is being collated this week and the interim reports should be ready to be sent home soon. Results from the January external examinations will be available to pupils this week. Our pupils will be playing in the St David’s Day concert in the pavilion on Wednesday. A small group will be performing some of the songs from the school show &...

Eisteddfod 2017 The offstage competitions are underway and a full list of these will be posted shortly on the website. House Assembly on Monday. The Eisteddfod is on the 10th March this year. LIBF Examination For all year 11 pupils on the 14th Feb Girls vaccinations All forms have been given out and should be returned to school at the start of the week. Vaccinations will take place in the Jub...

On Thursday 3rd November some new information about anti-bullying will be placed on the website in PUPILS Anti-bullying thank you

During the week beginning 31st October, pupils will be bringing home two voting forms for the election of new parent governors. Each family is entitled to a maximum of two votes, one for each parent/carer. Please contact the school on 774100 if you have any queries about this process. The ballot box is in reception. Thank you

The school is considering the optional introduction of a school blazer. Consultation on this proposal has just begun with our newly elected School Council, Sixth Form Senedd, the Head Team and the Parents’ Forum, before the Governing Body decide on the possible adoption of a blazer. At this stage, no decision has been taken and any move to a blazer for September 2017 would be optional. ...

The deadline for information and articles for the ’Porthcawl Post’ is Friday 7th October. We rely on pupils, parents and carers for our information. We want to celebrate any successes related to extra curricular activities. If you have any further items for the Porthcawl Post Autumn edition please email them to: [email protected] thank you

SCHOOL UNIFORM Porthcawl is a traditional school and it is our school policy that all children wear school uniform when attending school, and on most occasions, when participating in a school-organised event outside school. Parents/carers will be informed via the trip/visit letter, when school uniform is not required at an event. Please see the complete list of items in the uniform policy. We a...

The deadline for any articles or pupil achievements for this edition of the Porthcawl Post is 13th May 2016. We welcome articles or information from all our pupils. Remember you can read back issues on the website under the ABOUT section - newsletters.

Tuesday the 1st September is an inservice training day for staff. The school reopens for all pupils on Wednesday 2nd September.

Did you know that you can now follow Porthcawl Comprehensive on Twitter @compporthcawl Did you miss the year 6 open evening? If you missed are open evening for year 6 pupils (year 7 September 2016)then please contact Mrs Sloggett for information/tour of school on 774100. Bridgend County Borough have placed a number of photographs of GCSE results day at Porthcawl, on their Twitter page. There...

’’A record entry at Porthcawl Comprehensive School’’ This year 169 students sat a most remarkable 450 A level papers, the largest ever entry! The most remarkable fact is the quality of the results; the pass rate (A* to E) was a fantastic 99%. This outstanding performance underlines Porthcawl as a truly inclusive school. Students have reached, and in most cases exceeded,...

Heulwen Wyatt (Watkins) is organising a reunion for pupils of Porthcawl Comprehensive who sat their GCSEs in the summer of 1981. Are you 50 this year? The reunion is on Saturday 20th June at the Hi-Tide Porthcawl. For more information you can contact Heulwen via Facebook.

Please use the website address below to view the photograph that was taken on Friday 5th September www.tempest-groups.co.uk Just a reminder to put the 28th January 2015 to the 31st January 2015 in your diary for this year’s school show - GREASE.

The website information has now been updated. Thank you

I would like to reassure you with reference to the recent school catchment boundary changes. The council have now changed the catchment boundary for the South Cornelly and Heol Las area. The fact this change has happened makes no difference to you. As a parent or carer you have the right to choose your primary or secondary school. This being the case if you wish to attend Porthcawl Comprehensi...