St davids high school / ysgol dewi sant
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st davids high school , saltney , flintshire St. David’s High School was first opened on the 1st November 1954, in response to the growing number of school age children in the area. Under the system of the day it was a Secondary Modern school, serving all those youngsters who had not passed the 11 plus and gone on to grammar school. The pupils had previously attended Deeside, Queen’s Ferry and Buckley Elfed Secondary Modern Schools.
Unlike today pupil numbers were considerably smaller, with only 70 girls and 81 boys arriving on that first day.
The first headmaster was Mr F.N. Wright, who was a formidable character, earning great respect from students and staff under his charge.
The staff consisted of Mr J. Evans, Mr G. H. Morris, Miss K. Berry, Mrs J. Cassidy and Mrs E. Norbury. By 1956 this number had increased to 15 as the number of pupils on role continued to grow. The pupils were first divided into forms according to their age and ability.
1st years (year7) were divided into 3 forms, 1A, 1B and 1C. 2nd years (year 8) were divided into 2 forms, 2A and 2B. Finally all students in the 3rd year (year 9) were in form 3.
Eventually once in the third year pupils were allocated to forms designated 3c (commercial), 3T (Technical) and 3R (Remove) The first two were designed to cater for girls and boys, respectively, with a commercial and technical bias, while 3R consisted of less able children whose curriculum was planned accordingly.
The school also operated a prefect system using the more capable and responsible members of the senior pupils.
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