Ysgol Rhiwabon is a comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 in Ruabon

Ruabon

Ruabon is a village and community in the county borough of Wrexham in Wales.More than 80% of the population of 2,400 were born in Wales with 13.6% speaking Welsh....

, Wrexham

Wrexham (county borough)

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, Wales

Wales

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 for 11-18-year-olds. The current headteacher is Mrs Angela Williams. In 2003 the Estyn

Estyn

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 Report concluded that "Ysgol Rhiwabon provides good opportunities for pupils' academic, personal and social development".

In 2009 there were nearly 950 pupils on the school roll. The sixth form has a 98% pass rate at A Level.

History

The school was founded in 1575 and was housed in one of the church's outbuildings. The comprehensive seen today was formed in 1967 by amalgamating the existing Ruabon Boys' Grammar School

Ruabon Grammar School

The Ruabon Grammar School was situated in Ruabon, Denbighshire in north-east Wales. It provided a grammar school education to boys in the parishes of Ruabon and Erbistock....

 and the Ruabon Girls' Grammar School. The school is now housed in the buildings of the former girls' grammar school. The site of the former boys' grammar school has been redeveloped for housing with the original buildings being conserved and the name was thought up by a pupil of the school

The school underwent a major building project in 2003 which included a state of the art library and a huge new sports centre; it was opened by ex-pupil Mark Hughes

Mark Hughes

Leslie Mark Hughes, OBE , is a former Welsh international footballer. As an international footballer, he made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals....

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Notable former pupils

• Mark Hughes
  Mark Hughes
  Leslie Mark Hughes, OBE , is a former Welsh international footballer. As an international footballer, he made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals....
  
  , former Manchester United F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C. and Wales footballer.
• Bryn Law, Sky Sports reporter.

Awards

• ActiveMarc Cymru status by the Sports Council of Wales.
• Rotary Young Citizens’ Award
• Welsh Secondary Schools Association Award for Pastoral Care through Community Partnership
• Schools’ ETC Award 2006