Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur

Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur is a Welsh-medium comprehensive school in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The school provides education to three to eighteen-year-old pupils in Neath Port Talbot and south Powys from three campuses in Ystalyfera and Port Talbot.

History

It was founded in 1969 as Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera, on the site of the former Ystalyfera Grammar School.
In 2017 the school merged with Ysgol Gynradd y Wern primary school to form an all-age school for ages three to eighteen. In September 2018 the Bro Dur campus opened in Port Talbot, which operates alongside the primary and secondary school campuses in Ystalyfera. A second Welsh-medium comprehensive campus named Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Dur was opened, it is also referred to as Ystalyfera South.

Notable former pupils of Ystalyfera Grammar School and Ysgol Ystalyfera include:

D. Gwenallt Jones, poet
Richard Aaron, philosopher
Geoffrey Moses, cricketer and classical singer
, journalist and radio presenter
Siân Lloyd, television presenter
Ian Jones, television executive, chief executive of S4C
, actor and singer
Sian Morris, Commonwealth Games bronze medalist
Steffan Rhodri, actor
Alun Cairns, politician, former Secretary of State for Wales
Derwyn Jones, rugby union player for Cardiff and Wales
Euros Lyn, television director
Jeremy Miles, politician, Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Rhodri Owen, radio and television presenter
Kristian Phillips, rugby union player for Bath, represented Wales at U18 and U20 levels.
Ben Davies, footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and Wales
Iestyn Hopkins, rugby union player for Ospreys
Owen Williams (rugby union, born 1992) rugby union player for Ospreys and Wales
Reuben Morgan-Williams, rugby union player for Ospreys
Rubin Colwill, footballer for Cardiff City and Wales
Dan Edwards (rugby union), rugby union player for Ospreys and Wales
Morgan Morse, rugby union player for Ospreys