Wyedean Comprehensive

Wyedean School and Sixth Form is a school in Chepstow, Wales.

Wyedean School and 6th Form is a mixed comprehensive school, with over 1100 pupils including 250 in the 6th form. It was first set up in 1973 and was then moved in 1976 to its current position, on the edge of Chepstow.

Address

It is actually located very close to Chepstow, following the A48 road less than a mile into nearby Sedbury (over the River Wye from Chepstow), which is actually located in England - the border following the River Wye at this point.

Wyedean School, Beachley Road, Sedbury, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 7AA

The School Day

The school day at Wyedean is split into 5 periods, each lasting 1 hour. Before school starts there is also a registration period.

08:45 Registration
09:00 1st Period
10:00 2nd Period
11:00 Break
11:20 3rd Period
12:20 4th Period
13:20 Lunch
14:15 Afternoon Registration
14:20 5th Period
15:20 End of School
15:30 Buses Leave

Facilities

The school boasts a large sports hall, which can be rented in the evenings; a new library, with IT facilities; a new canteen, where a variety of hot and cold food can be purchased; a new music suite, equipped with computers linked to recording equipment; and a new Design Technology Block.

The 6th Form block is currently undergoing building work to accommodate increase numbers of A-Level students, due to be finished by September 2006

Staff

The current headmaster of Wyedean is Mr. Pemberton who took over the role January 2006 from his predecessor John Claydon.

The school is divided into departments, each having a designated teacher as the 'head' of that department.

These are the heads of department as of 6th April 2006:

Art and Design: Mrs R. Roper
Business Studies: Mr M. Brooks
Drama: Ms S. Greener
English: Miss M Horsell
MFL: Miss D. Newbery
Geography: Mr P. Conridge
History: Mr R. Wagland
ICT: Ms G. Jeremiah
Maths: Mr M. Bowman
Music: Mrs P. Allard
PE: Mr D. Thomas
Psychology: Mrs J. Kelly
RS: Mrs J. Anderson
Science: Mr G. Greenslade
Technology: Mr M. Kings

Alumni

Most famously, J.K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books attended this school. During July 2006, the school library was dedicated to her. However, J.K Rowling has made it clear that she did not enjoy her time at Wyedean, citing teachers and loneliness as some of the reasons for this.

External links

School website