Ysgol Cedewain
Ysgol Cedewain is a Powys County Council School for pupils with special needs. It has an age range between 2½ and 19 and offers education to pupils with a wide range of abilities and disabilities. The school is situated in Newtown but is the ‘local school’ for pupils with special needs throughout the northern half of Powys. It has one of the largest catchment areas in England and Wales. Pupils at Ysgol Cedewain follow the national curriculum in all its key stages.
Ysgol Cyngor Sir Powys i ddisgyblion ag anghenion arbennig yw Ysgol Cedewain. Bydd disgyblion rhwng 2½ a 19 yn mynychu’r ysgol, a bydd yr addysg yn cael ei darparu i ddisgyblion ag amrywiaeth eang o alluoedd ac anableddau. Mae’r Ysgol yn Y Drenewydd, a hi yw’r ‘ysgol leol’ i ddisgyblion ag anghenion arbennig ar hyd a lled gogledd Powys. Mae ganddi un o’r dalgylchoedd mwyaf yng Nghymru a Lloegr. Bydd disgyblion yn Ysgol Cedewain yn astudio’r cwricwlwm cenedlaethol ymhob cyfnod allweddol.
July 16th 2010.
This is a day of very mixed emotions for me as although I am looking forward to retirement I still get tremendous pleasure working as part of the Cedewain team.
What is very clear to me is your wonderful kindness and generosity. I have received so many cards and gifts that I am completely overwhelmed. The messages are full of genuine good will and I will never forget your kindness in helping me come to terms both with retirement and the problems I have had with my health over the past few months.
I would also like to pay tribute to John, Daphne and Joan who have all given tremendous service to our school and wish our leavers every success and happiness in the future.
Your support has been a major factor in the success of Cedewain. I am sure the school will move forward and your children will benefit even more – keep up the good work!
I hope you have an enjoyable summer and once again offer my sincere thanks for all your kindness.
Peter A Tudor M.A.
Headmaster (retired!)
Head Teacher's Introduction
On behalf of our governors, staff and pupils I am very pleased to welcome you to our website. Ysgol Cedewain has more than doubled in pupils and staff numbers over the last five years. We have benefited from many new resources and were able to move our infant/primary department into new purpose built accommodation in April 2008.
Our last ESTYN inspection (February 2007) awarded the school seven out of seven grade ones, the highest grades possible.
‘Ysgol Cedewain is an outstanding school that provides added value in all areas of its work… there are outstanding features across all areas inspected.’ - (ESTYN – Report on Ysgol Cedewain 19/02/07)
A detailed copy of the report can be found here.
We offer education to pupils with a very wide range of abilities and disabilities. Their ages range from two and a half to nineteen. Although we are all on the one site, the infant, primary, secondary and sixth form all have their individual identities and reflect a mainstream model. We offer specialist teaching to ASD pupils under SPELL principles and to PMLD pupils in a multi sensory context.
Relationships at Ysgol Cedewain are based on mutual respect and understanding of the individual pupil’s needs. Establishing and maintaining a genuine partnership with parents is essential to the process of delivering the highest levels of education to each and every pupil.
I am very proud of our pupils and the professionalism of my colleagues. I hope all our pupils enjoy the school and are happy to come - please come and visit the school, you can make your own judgements.
I promise you a very warm welcome.
Peter A. Tudor M.A. B.Ed. Adv.T.Cert. (Sp Needs)
Croeso i wefan Ysgol Cedewain. Gan mai ysgol Saesneg ei hiaith yw hi, Saesneg yw prif iaith y wefan yma. Serch hynny, rydym yn falch iawn o’n hetifeddiaeth Gymreig ac felly’n cynnal ethos Cymreig yn ein gweithgareddau o ddydd i ddydd. Yn ein holl achlysuron ffurfiol a’n cyfarfodydd ysgol, bydd y cyfarchion a’r diolchiadau yn ddwyieithog. Mae’r arwyddion yn yr ysgol hefyd yn ddwyieithog. Yn ein cysylltiadau ag ysgolion yn Ewrop, byddwn yn pwysleisio mai yng Nghymru mae Ysgol Cedewain, a byddwn yn cyfnewid diwylliant a thraddodiadau Cymreig â’n partneriaid Ewropeaidd. Mae Cymraeg fel ail iaith yn rhan annatod o gwricwlwm yr ysgol. Gobeithio y byddwch yn mwynhau’r rhan hon o’r wefan.
Cyflwyniad y Pennaeth
Ar ran ein llywodraethwyr, ein staff a’n disgyblion, hoffwn estyn croeso i chi i’n gwefan. Mae Ysgol Cedewain wedi mwy na dyblu nifer ei disgyblion a’i staff dros y pum mlynedd diwethaf. Rydym wedi manteisio ar lawer o adnoddau newydd, ac wedi llwyddo i symud ein hadran fabanod/iau i ystafelloedd newydd pwrpasol fis Ebrill 2008.
O ganlyniad i’n harolwg diweddaraf (Chwefror 2007), dyfarnodd ESTYN saith gradd un allan o saith i ni. Dyma’r radd uchaf bosibl.
‘Mae Ysgol Cedewain yn ysgol eithriadol sy’n cynnig gwerth ychwanegol ymhob un o’i meysydd gwaith … mae yna nodweddion eithriadol ymhob un o’r meysydd a gafodd eu harolygu.’ - (ESTYN – Adroddiad ar Ysgol Cedewain 19/02/07)
(Cyfieithiad o ran o adroddiad yr Arolwg. Y mae’r adroddiad llawn ar gael yn Saesneg yn unig)
Mae copi manwl o’r adroddiad i’w gael yma.
Rydym yn cynnig addysg i ddisgyblion ag amrywiaeth eang o alluoedd ac anableddau. Mae eu hoed yn amrywio o ddwy a hanner i bedair ar bymtheg. Er ein bod oll ar yr un safle, mae hunaniaeth unigryw gan yr adrannau babanod, iau, uwchradd a chweched dosbarth, gan adlewyrchu model y brif ffrwd. Byddwn yn cynnig dysgu arbenigol i ddisgyblion ag anhwylderau yn y sbectrwm awtistig (ASD) dan egwyddorion SPELL ac i ddisgyblion ag anawsterau dysgu dwys a lluosog (PMLD) mewn cyd-destun aml-synnwyr.
Mae’r perthynas pobl â’i gilydd yn Ysgol Cedewain wedi’i seilio ar barch a dealltwriaeth o anghenion y disgybl unigol. Mae sefydlu a chynnal partneriaeth ddiffuant â rhieni yn hanfodol i’r broses o gyflenwi addysg o’r radd flaenaf i bob disgybl.
Rwy’n falch o’n disgyblion ac o broffesiynoldeb fy nghydweithwyr. Rwy’n gobeithio y bydd ein holl ddisgyblion yn mwynhau’r ysgol ac yn hapus i ddod yma. Dewch i ymweld â ni a barnu drosoch eich hun.
Gallaf addo croeso cynnes iawn i chi.
Peter A. Tudor M.A. B.Ed. Adv.T.Cert. (Anghenion Arbennig)
