Denbigh High School
Denbigh High School is an English medium county comprehensive school in Denbigh.OverviewDenbigh High School is situated on Ruthin Road, Denbigh in North Wales and caters for approximately 850 pupils from the ages of 11 to 18. The school is the only mainstream English/Welsh High School in the area where the next nearest is St.Brigid's then Rhyl High and Blessed Edwards (also in Rhyl).Most of the school children come from Denbigh, St Asaph, Ruthin, Rhyl and the surrounding area.The school has an annual sponsored walk, held in early September. It is a 13.5 kilometre walk around the Clwydian Range. The walk is used to raise funds for the school.The school was originally situated on two separate sites with the first 3 years on the existing site and the older years at an older building on Middle Lane, which is situated half a mile away. This Middle Lane site was built in 1903 as The County School and Denbigh High ceased using it in 1983. The site then became a Youth Club and is used for Teacher Training and Education Administration.HeadsAs of 2013 the Headteacher is Simeon Molloy. Previous Headteachers include: Ms Alison Duncan, Mr Bill Bailey, Mr G D Dodd and Mr Maurice Bitcon.Special education partnershipThe school has a longstanding partnership with Ysgol Plas Brondyffryn, a special needs school catering mainly to pupils with autism and Asperger syndrome, as well as a smaller number of students diagnosed as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, cerebral palsy and dyspraxia. In 2003 a new Secondary Dept. of Brondyffryn was built behind Denbigh High, and caters for 56 youngsters from throughout North and Mid Wales along with parts of Cheshire and Liverpool. This unit has its own, self-contained science laboratory, design-technology workshop, ICT department and Life Learning (cookery) kitchen. The building is roughly shaped like a capital letter G, and is divided into five corridors. This building forms the senior department of Brondyffryn; the junior department is located near Ysgol Frongoch, and was reconstructed shortly following the senior department.
