Overview
Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun is a Welsh-medium comprehensive school in the Cynon Valley in the village of Penywaun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, to the northwest of the town of Aberdare.
The school was established on 1 September 1995 to deal with the increasing numbers of students attending five local Welsh-medium primary schools, who previously had to travel to secondary school in Pontypridd. It provides a Welsh-medium education for pupils from the Cynon Valley and from neighbouring Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, where there is no Welsh-medium secondary school.
Houses
There are three houses, and , named after the local rivers, Cynon, Dare and Taff.
Notable alumni
Andrew Coombs, Welsh rugby international
Nathan Craze, British ice hockey international
Thomas Young, Welsh rugby international
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