Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School
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Brackla, Bridgend United Kingdom | |
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Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School is a secondary school located in Brackla, Bridgend. The school has a reputation of having highly talented musicians and in 2011 achieved grades far above the national average. 50% of students stay on to study As-Levels in the sixth form. In Archbishop McGraths Key stage 4 and 5.
Original school
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Originally built in the 1960s, Archbishop McGrath was located next to Ynysawdre Comprehensive School, Ynysawdre, Bridgend. In 2009, arsonists burnt down the Technology Department and heavily damaged the sports hall.[1] The local council and the Archdiocese of Cardiff paid to have replacement portable buildings installed, which allowed teaching to continue whilst the Technology Department was torn down and the sports hall repaired. As the fire happened in autumn outside of school time, nobody was injured and examinations were not disturbed. Other minor structural problems were prevalent throughout the school, and it was eventually demolished outright by early 2012.
New school
Following the fire, plans were made to build a new school designed by HLM architects at a site in Brackla, Bridgend just past the 'triangle' shopping area. The contract went to the Leadbitter Group Ltd[2] and construction began in early 2010. Construction was completed by October 2011 but the school was in use by September that year. The new school has won multiple architecture awards and won the Gold Medal for Architecture at the National Eisteddfod of Wales of 2012.[3]
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- Archbishops of Cardiff
- I: James Bilsborrow
- II: Francis Mostyn
- III: Michael McGrath
- IV: John Murphy
- V: John Ward
- VI: Peter Smith
- VII: George Stack (Bishop Emeritus)
- VIII: Mark O'Toole
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- Churches
- Cardiff Cathedral – Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St David
- Our Lady and St Michael, Abergavenny
- St Alban-on-the-Moors, Cardiff
- St Joseph, Cardiff
- St Mary of the Angels, Cardiff
- St Patrick, Cardiff
- St Peter, Cardiff
- St Francis Xavier, Hereford
- St Mary and St Michael, Llanarth
- St Mary, Monmouth
- St Michael, Newport
- St Patrick, Newport
- St Dyfrig, Treforest
- St David Lewis and St Francis Xavier, Usk
- Patronal Feast of the Diocese
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (8 December)
- Schools
- St Richard Gwyn High School, Barry
- Archbishop McGrath High School, Bridgend
- Corpus Christi High School, Cardiff
- St David's Sixth Form College, Cardiff
- St Illtyd's High School, Cardiff
- St John's College, Cardiff
- St Mary's High School, Lugwardine
- Bishop Hedley High School, Merthyr Tydfil
- St John's High School, Newport
- St Alban's High School, Pontypool
- Cardinal Newman School, Rhydyfelin
- Mary Immaculate High School, Wenvoe
- See also
- Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire
- Joseph Brown
- John Hedley
- Diocese of Newport and Menevia
- Our Lady of Penrhys
- Gunter Mansion
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