Rhyl New School
The 13th April was a special day for the pupils at Rhyl High and Ysgol Tir Morfa as the doors to their new school finally opened.
The £25 million brand new high school has been built on Rhyl High’s School playing fields and can accommodate 1,200 pupils as well as providing a base for 45 pupils from the nearby community special school, Ysgol Tir Morfa. The project is being funded by the Council and the Welsh Government through its 21st Century Schools and Education programme.
As well as the usual academic facilities, the school also boasts a café bar, construction yard and hairdressing salon.
Claire Armitstead, Head of Rhyl High School said: ”It’s an end of an era for the old Rhyl High school, but the beginning of a brand new exciting chapter as we look forward to the future in our brand new school.”
“The old high school building has provided an education for generations of pupils and some former pupils took the opportunity to take a trip down memory lane and came to see the school before it closed. Many people will have extremely fond memories that they will treasure forever.”
“Our young people can now access the best possible facilities as part of their academic and vocational studies which will provide them with the best possible start for their future education and careers.”
Phil Thomas, Assistant Headteacher of Ysgol Tir Morfa, said: “Those pupils and staff from Tir Morfa moving across from our Ffordd Derwen site are delighted to be moving into the satellite base in the new building, complete with state of the art facilities that will benefit our pupils and future generations. Not many pupils have such a great opportunity to move into a brand new school and our pupils are delighted to be joining their counterparts from Rhyl High for this momentous time in our history.”
The project has also given the local economy a boost with nearly 71% of the expenditure with sub-contractors has been to companies within 30 miles of Rhyl and many of the relationships developed with the local supply chain have been taken forward to the Ysgol Glan Clwyd project.