{"id":26509,"date":"2018-02-28T19:13:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=26509"},"modified":"2018-02-28T19:13:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:13:56","slug":"schools-say-high-new-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/28\/schools-say-high-new-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools say 'high' to new names"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAMES of Barry’s two new mixed secondary schools announced today are discarding the description \u201ccomprehensive\u201d in favour of \u201chigh school\u201d.
\nFrom September 2018, the Port Road site – currently home to Barry Comprehensive School – will be known as Whitmore High School, with Bryn Hafren\u2019s Merthyr Dyfan site becoming Pencoedtre High School.
\nThese names were developed after discussions between students from both schools and local historian, Dr Jonathan Hicks, who is also head of St Cyres Comprehensive School.
\nWhitmore refers to the western part of Barry served by the Port Road site, while Pencoedtre is a Welsh language nod to the Vale\u2019s rural heritage.
\n\u201cThe pupils have chosen names that really highlight the ambition we all share for the new schools to be at the centre of their communities,\u201d said incoming executive headteacher, Dr Vince Browne.
\nSome students are questioning the absence of references to the schools\u2019 comprehensive roots.
\n\u201cThe [Port Road] site will still be remembered as Barry Comp<\/a>, so why Americanise that with \u2018high school\u2019?\u201d asked Barry Comprehensive student and Vale deputy youth mayor, Daley Chapman.
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