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Pencoed Primary School is a co-educational, county-maintained community school for children between 3 and 11 years of age. We are an English-medium school, but some Welsh is also used as a language of communication with the pupils to improve their capacity to use everyday Welsh. The school is set on spacious grounds and has many exciting facilities. It was established in September 2008 when Pencoed Junior School & Infant School amalgamated. We have an additional site at Heol-y-Cyw for pupils up to Year 4. Admission to our school is for children who reside/move into our area. Our roll currently stands at 573. Pencoed Primary School believes that every child must be valued for their talents, cultural heritage, and the contribution they make to our community. They will be encouraged to develop their full potential in a structured and caring learning environment. All schools follow the National Curriculum. This ensures that all pupils study much the same work whatever school they attend. Although the National Curriculum outlines WHAT must be taught it allows each school to decide HOW it will teach its pupils. In Pencoed Primary School we have an exciting, dynamic curriculum that is firmly based on our Vision Statement. We aim to cover literacy & numeracy in the mornings and topics or themes in the afternoons. In this way, we aim to ensure “basic skills” are firmly rooted in our curriculum. The Foundation Phase places a great emphasis on active learning for children between the ages of 3 & 7. We spend a great deal of our time on “the basics” and even when studying aspects of History, Geography, or Science we try to ensure that pupils’ skills in literacy, numeracy, and digital competency are applied and extended. We also ensure that all the foundation subjects in the National Curriculum are carefully planned. That is, Art, History, Geography, and Music are given prominence to develop creativity and self-expression amongst our pupils. The Literacy and Numeracy Framework and Digital Competency Framework underpin all that we do so that pupils are given extensive opportunities to apply these skills across all areas of the curriculum. This ensures that our pupils receive a varied and interesting curriculum diet. Currently, we have nineteen mixed ability classes and three classes for children with special educational needs. Documents produced by and for the Governing Body are available for viewing in the school office provided that the Headteacher or Chairman of Governors have received reasonable notification of such a request. If you wish to see a member of staff discuss an issue it is always best to call the School Office and book an appointment. View full school

Pencoed Comprehensive School is a mixed 11-18 Comprehensive of around 1100 pupils. It is located adjacent to the M4 motorway, but the area is semi-rural and close to the renowned Heritage Coast. Cardiff and Swansea are both easily accessible by road or rail. 2015 started brilliantly for Pencoed Comprehensive School when we received confirmation from the Welsh Government that we’d been categorized in Group 1 for standards and Grade A for the ability to carry out improvements. Consequently, we are a ‘Highly Effective’ school, color-coded as Green. Pencoed Comprehensive is one of only nine ‘Green’ schools across the Central South regions and one of thirty schools across Wales, out of 211 secondary schools. Pencoed Comprehensive School is a Community Focused School. We believe that building relationships with our community is very important. Existing community relationships, include Friends of Pencoed Comprehensive, senior citizens, local primary schools, local businesses, and organizations, as well as Pencoed Town Council. We believe that community links are important for student development through work experience, Welsh Bacc, and other Learning Core community-related activities. Hopefully, the community can also benefit from our involvement. We aim to build on close community relationships and initiatives already established as well as develop new links, particularly with local businesses and organizations. Current school initiatives, either led by ourselves or in partnership with others, include the Senior Citizens Lunchtime Club, Keeping Up With Your Child Classes for parents, Pencoed Town Carnival, and the production of concerts and shows. The aim is to increase existing initiatives and develop further partnerships with the local community. At Pencoed Comprehensive School we try to ease the transition as far as possible by helping pupils to settle into our school community. Our recipe for success is working together with our excellent primary partners and keeping everybody informed. This year’s transition program ‘Moving On Up is proving to be an outstanding success! Pencoed Comprehensive is a happy and caring school. We have an extensive greenfield site with high-quality facilities in all areas. This is particularly true for sporting and performing arts accommodation which is also used widely by our local community. The school has a strong family and community ethos, exemplified by our unique House and Pastoral systems which are very popular with our pupils. We believe that a happy, healthy, and well-supported young person will then have every opportunity to develop to their full potential academically, personally, and socially. This year, we have begun to work very closely with Bridgend College, to provide new and exciting opportunities for our Sixth Form students. There is a wealth of exciting learning opportunities available at Pencoed, from stimulating experiences in the classroom through a variety of school-based clubs and teams to enjoyable and exciting trips and visits. View full school