{"id":22011,"date":"2017-11-14T18:05:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=22011"},"modified":"2017-11-14T18:05:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T18:05:10","slug":"barry-comprehensive-going-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/11\/14\/barry-comprehensive-going-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry: the Comprehensive that&#039;s going out on a high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IT&#8217;S a grey Tuesday lunchtime at Barry Comprehensive. Daley, Rhys, James, and Emma sit round a table in a small ante-room by the reception with Head of Year 11, John Lloyd.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though the surroundings are ordinary, this group are anything but.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daley, an accomplished debater, has twice been elected Vale Deputy Youth Mayor; Rhys participates in its Youth Forum, and is a keen rugby player. When not studying or performing his Head Boy duties, James is a lifeguard. Head Girl Emma plays flute in the Cardiff Youth Orchestra. Both are in the middle of applying to university. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their compassion, intelligence and spirit might have gone untapped in other schools that Mr Lloyd, a softly-spoken bear of a man dubs \u201cexam factories\u201d. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barry instead emphasises the importance of cultivating well-rounded students who are confident, both academically and socially. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYeah, we don\u2019t want to be robots,\u201d quips Rhys.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This personalised focus is reaping dividends. In 2010, Barry placed in the 13th tier out of 20 in Wales\u2019 school league table ranking. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That system has changed, along with Barry\u2019s academic fortunes. In 2016, it achieved its best ever GCSE results, with 63% of pupils achieving at least 5 A*-C grades, including Maths and English.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barry\u2019s success is even more remarkable when the makeup of the school is taken into account.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re swimming against the trend. It\u2019s all boys up to sixth form &#8211; a group that historically lags behind in academic terms. Then when you look at the socio-economics, we\u2019re taking in some students from some of the most disadvantaged backgrounds,\u201d adds Mr Lloyd.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reward is a move to a new site this September as part of the Vale Council\u2019s Transforming Education programme, which will see the establishment of two new mixed-sex schools. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It means the decades-old epithet \u201cBarry Comp\u201d will be lost. However, for Mr Lloyd and his charges, the name is secondary. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cUltimately, it\u2019s about the ethos a school passes onto its pupils; an attitude of engagement across the board &#8211; that\u2019s what we want,\u201d said Mr Lloyd.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf young people are invited to be part of something bigger than themselves, they will give back to the school and the wider community\u201d.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Looking at the achievements these erudite and enthusiastic individuals around the table already have to their names, it is hard to disagree. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT&#8217;S a grey Tuesday lunchtime at Barry Comprehensive. Daley, Rhys, James, and Emma sit round a table in a small ante-room by the reception with Head of Year 11, John Lloyd. Though the surroundings are ordinary, this group are anything but. 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