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Castell Alun is proud to have achieved the top band of green status in the National Schools categorisation
#NationalSchools
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I feel sorry for Year 11 and Year 13 today that their last day has come all too soon and without warning. We will remember the class of 2020 and we will celebrate your time at Castell Alun High School together, sometime soon! (1/2)
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Parents and students were thrilled with Castell Alun’s exceptional GCSE results this summer. The outcomes this summer represent one of the best set of results in the history of the school. Higher grade pass rates in all subjects were extremely impressive. Congratulations all!
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Common sense at last!
A level, AS, GCSE, Skills Challenge Certificate and Welsh Baccalaureate grades in Wales will now be awarded on the basis of Centre Assessment Grades.
Please read and share this full update:
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Well done to LIES (Louis, Issac, Evan, Sam), our Year 7 Rock Band, who recently played a charity gig at Penyffordd British Legion Club and raised over £550 for Cancer Research. Respect lads!
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We're absolutely thrilled with our A level results this year. Fantastic achievements from thoroughly deserving students - happy days!
#HighSchool
#NorthWales
#SixthForm
#FurtherEducation
#College
#CastellAlun
#CAHS
#alevelresultsday
#alevelresults
#alevelresults2019
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Carys Jones has truly hit the high notes with her splendid results, and has now accepted a place to read music at the highly prestigious Newnham College, Cambridge University.
#HighSchool
#NorthWales
#SixthForm
#FurtherEducation
#College
#CastellAlun
#CAHS
#Music
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Congratulations to everyone. We're proud of each of you, and we're here for you throughout this whole process!
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Due to the current weather situation and high probability of a further decline on Friday, Castell Alun will be closed on Friday 2nd March on the grounds of the health and safety of children on site and also national travel warnings for staff and parents.
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Mr Meilyr Rowlands, Chief Inspector of ESTYN, visited school this morning. He could clearly see why we had such a successful inspection report. Our students were fantastic as ever!
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The Christmas Market run by Year 10 as part of their Welsh Bacc Enterprise Challenge on Tuesday was simply fantastic. All proceeds were given to Hope House, and we are ecstatic to report that the sum raised for this worthy charity was in the region of a whopping £4500 in total!
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Thank you for being such a big part of our community. Look after each other, love Mrs Williams and all the staff. (2/2)
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Historical day for the school today. The removal of the temporary classrooms. They have been temporary for a long time, but now not required due to the new build. Exciting times ahead!
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It’s all smiles at Castell Alun for GCSE results day, apart from tears of joy of course!
#HighSchool
#NorthWales
#SixthForm
#FurtherEducation
#College
#CastellAlun
#CAHS
#GCSE
#GSCEResults
#GCSEResultsDay2019
#GCSE2019
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Due to the extreme temperatures forecast for the next two days, students are allowed to wear their usual SCHOOL PE kit should they wish for tomorrow (28/6) and Friday (29/6). No other branded sports clothing please. Thank you.
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Many apologies for any inconvenience this may cause, however, due to the very difficult weather conditions with snow and ice on our site, we will be closed tomorrow (Mon 11th Dec). Every effort will be made to clear our site so that we can safely re-open on Tuesday. 1/2
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We are now able to confirm that students will be permitted to wear their school PE kit until the end of term, due to the unseasonably hot temperatures.
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Nearly 300 of our Sixth Form students have donned a variety of pink garments as part of the ‘Dare to Wear Pink’ initiative in order to support the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
#PinkDay2019
#HighSchool
#NorthWales
#SixthForm
#FurtherEducation
#College
#CastellAlun
#CAHS
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In an tremendous year of results Castell Alun has not only seen its students accept a record number of places on traditional top university courses, but also had a number of hard-working, gifted young adults achieve places on highly acclaimed diverse niche courses around the UK.
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An enthusiastic rendition of ‘Hound Dog’, played with gusto! Great to see the whole class involved in music performance.
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Our KS3 students turned out in force, and many in fancy dress, to run around the school field as many times as possible this week. Proceeds raised will go towards enhancing our provision and equipping the campus with new resources as requested by our Student Council. Well done!
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We will soon be running the first session of the
#CastellAlun
Mental Well-Being Society. Check the image for more details!
#mentalhealthawareness
#mentalwellbeing
#YourStruggleIsntYourIdentity
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Year 10 has just handed over a cheque for £4400 to Hope House Hospice raised from their Christmas Market held last year.
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Here are a selection of progress photos from our new school building!
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Thank you so much to every one who voted for us in the
@HockeyWales
Secondary Schools Virtual Welsh Cup semi-final!
@alunschool
put up an amazing effort. 👏
On to the final!
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Huge congratulations to our students, celebrating our best ever GCSE Results!!!
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To add to a story featured in our latest School Blog, India-Bo of Year 7 was also selected for the North Wales Girls’ Football Academy. Well done!
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We are so proud of our Year 13 and Year 11 students, who formally leave school this week. You will always be part of our family
#HighSchool
#NorthWales
#SixthForm
#FurtherEducation
#College
#CastellAlun
#CAHS
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Well done Year 10 👏
Pupils are making picnic benches, painting murals on buildings and creating nature trails 🌱
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Thanks again to everyone who voted and shared for us!
🎉CONGRATULATIONS to Castell Alun High School
on their victory in the Hockey Wales Virtual Schools Cup🏑
It was a closely fought competition against Ysgol Maes Garmon 👏👏👏
@CAHS_PE
@AGoMaesGarmon
#VirtualCup
#SchoolsHockey
#HociYsgolion
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Matthew from Year 10 has taken another massive step towards becoming a professional golfer. He competed in the North Wales Boys’ U18’s 72 Hole
#Golf
Competition last weekend, winning the net score event and coming third in the gross score event
#CastellAlun
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Two of our Year 12 students have been awarded prestigious scholarships to study in the USA this summer.
#SixthForm
#HighSchool
#USA
#Scholarship
#Students
#furthereducation
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Castell Alun High School students to renovate former quarry site in Hope | The Leader
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Da iawn to everyone who has logged in to Google Classroom today and has worked on the activities set by teachers! We are keeping a check that you are all busy and your teachers will be able to award praise for your efforts. We are so proud of you all - keep it up and keep safe!
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Wow! Over 150 selection boxes were donated by our incredible Sixth Form for
@FlintshireFoodB
- thank you all for your kind generosity! Hey
@cadburyuk
since the boxes donated are your selection boxes, fancy donating too?! Give us a like if you think they should!
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The school is closed today (30/01/19) due to adverse weather. Please keep checking our official Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and website for further information. Thank you.
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Thanks to ‘Time to Change Wales’ for today’s training on supporting Mental Health. We’re keen to pledge our commitment to your work and ensure our students and staff continue to be well looked-after and supported in all aspects of life.
@TTCWales
#MentalHealth
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With heavy snow still forecast, parents/carers who wish to be notified by email of any school closures can register at
Information will also be posted on this account and the school website
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Our Head met with a number of top performers from all year groups recently. These students have worked extremely hard and been rewarded with correspondingly high grades from their teachers in our recent STR trawl. Well done – you should be really proud of yourselves!
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Check out the Staff Relay Race from our Virtual Sports Day 2020:
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Congratulations to Imogen (Year 7) who took 4th place in the BMX European Girls' Championships in Sarrians, France, recently.
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Due to the continuing temperatures forecast, students will continue to be allowed to wear their usual school PE kit tomorrow (03/07/18). We will continue to review the situation on a daily basis as the extreme temperatures continue. Again, no other branded sports clothing please.
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You can read the Estyn report on Castell Alun High School (September 2017) here: or contact the school to request a hard copy.
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It’s an extraordinary welcome back after half term to all members of the Castell Alun family. Today we’re thinking especially about our Years 10-13 students who would normally be sitting their external examinations in the Sports hall about now. It may be strange times, but (1/2)
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Our best wishes go to Mr David Mountfort who receives his MBE tomorrow!
#honours
#education
#flintshire
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Celebrating the Successes of All - A/AS Level Results at Castell Alun High School. Well done, everyone!
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Due to the continuing extreme temperatures forecast next week, students will continue to be allowed to wear their usual school PE kit on Monday. We will review the situation again then. Again, no other branded sports clothing please. Thank you.
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Castell Alun now proudly boasts a second minibus. Mainly due to a £5000 contribution made by our Castell Alun Friends’ Association (
@CastellAlunFA
) we took ownership of the new vehicle just before Christmas. Already the minibus has been used to facilitat…
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Friday night saw the Year 11
#Prom
being held at the
@doubletree
Chester. Everyone dressed to impress and great time was had by all!
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It’s great to have our new Year 7 in school and to see them all so excited about the tremendous adventure which is secondary school life at Castell Alun. All year groups have made an excellent, smooth start to the new term. Well done everybody!
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Congratulations to all of our Sixth Form students this morning! Da iawn!
#alevelresultsday
#alevelresults
#alevels
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Castell Alun
#SixthForm
student Jessica has just been awarded 2nd place in the Preliminary Category of the
#British
Synchronised
#IceSkating
Championships.
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Some of the work being produced by our Sixth Form artists is just amazing! We sometimes really can’t believe what a pool of talent we are so fortunate to work with at Castell Alun. (1/2)
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Congratulations to all of our students this morning!
#GCSEResults
#GCSEResultsDay
#GCSEResultsDay2017
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We have more students involved in the Flintshire County Schools Girls Football Programme than any other school. Well done to our girls: Seren, Daisy, Fiona, Isabella, Lily, Louisa, Ella
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Castell Alun High School has seen its students accept places at traditional top universities, take up employment and apprenticeships and indeed achieve places on highly acclaimed diverse niche courses around Great Britain. Read more here:
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The site has been cleared and school will be open on Tuesday 12th December. Thank you.
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Due to the continuing high temperatures forecast, students will be allowed to wear their usual school PE kit for the remainder of this week. We will review the situation on Friday. Again, no other branded sports clothing please. Thank you.
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Thank you to everyone who voted, shared and supported us in the
@HockeyWales
Welsh Hockey Virtual Cup!
@AGoMaesGarmon
put up an amazing effort with only 32 votes in it! Diolch yn fawr i bawb! 🏆 🏑 ⭐️
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We want to give a special mention to Marc Flackett, IT Technician at Castell Alun, who completed a charity abseil of 150ft down Liverpool Cathedral in aid of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital with a team of staff from the hospital!
@lhchcharity
@LHCHFT
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Plans unveiled for major extension to Castell Alun High School
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We are very appreciative of Ardagh Limited, who have donated tools for each individual student on the City & Guilds Engineering course.
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Great to see
@CatrinPugh
back on the slopes!!! A very proud dad in Mr Pugh!!!!!
http://t.co/6KgfdxHL6s
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Congratulations to our
#SixthForm
Lads, who beat Syr Hugh Owen, Caernarfon, 3-1 to reach the last 8 of the All
#Wales
Schools
#Football
Cup'.
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🎉 Huge congratulations s to our incredible students at Castell Alun for smashing it with this year's GCSE results! 🏆 29% achieved 5+ A*/A grades, with some stunning individual performances. So proud of everyone involved! Read all about it here:
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🎉 Proud moment for Castell Alun High School! 🌟 With 86% of A Levels at A*–C and top university offers, our students are shining bright! 🌠 Check out their incredible achievements here:
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Great to see students back to learning, enjoying the sunshine and the new build (1/2)
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Year 11 GCSE Results Day – Thursday 23rd August – School open 8.00am to 12.00pm
Year 10 GCSE Results Day – Thursday 23rd August – Available from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Pob lwc i bawb!
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We are thrilled to announce that, following the success of our lower school musical production of Matilda Junior, New Directions Education Ltd
@Ndeducation
has generously donated £250 to help support future productions. If you would like to contribute to our upcoming projects.
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Pearson has announced the winners of its prestigious ‘Twist on a Tale’ competition, and one of our very own Year 7 students was both surprised and thrilled to learn that she had been crowned national winner for Wales in the Key Stage 3 category.
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Heat, sunburn, blisters, amazing views, great times with friends, incredible sense of achievement on the successful gold D of E expedition this week!
@CAHS_DofE
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Head’s Video (28/04/21) - Please use the following link to watch a Video from Mr Colin Ellis:
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PLEASE NOTE: From Monday there will be an expectation that students and staff will wear face masks on corridors between lessons. Any exceptions should be made by letter to Group Tutors. Thank you.
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Mr Paul Muncey, our Caretaker, is once again taking on the challenge of running the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 22nd April and is raising money for the charity ‘Children with Cancer UK’.
If you would like to sponsor him then please click here:
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Due to the continuing temperatures forecast, students will continue to be allowed to wear their usual school PE kit tomorrow (04/07/18). We will continue to review the situation on a daily basis as the extreme temperatures continue. Again, no other branded sports clothing please.
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We have recently celebrated the artistic prowess of a Year 13 student who has been asked to exhibit her A level Art work at the regional arts centre in Theatr Clwyd for all to see. This student's skills have been noticed on previous occasions and by experts in the field also!
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Last week our Year 12 SEREN students visited
#OxfordUniversity
for a discussion about
#university
life
@UniofOxford
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Nominate Castell Alun High School to win £5000 worth of books to our library! Visit and scroll down to fill in your information and the name of the school. It takes less than 30 seconds. Please share this far and wide with family and friends to help up win
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Our first Head's Blog of the new school year is available to read now:
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there are doubtless exciting challenges and wonderful new experiences ahead for you all, so let’s get ready to embrace them! (2/2)
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Sports Day was a roaring success again this year, and a number of records came tumbling. Well done to everyone who participated.
#HighSchool
#NorthWales
#SixthForm
#FurtherEducation
#College
#CastellAlun
#CAHS
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A fantastic, stimulating STEM workshop held for year 8 students which brought STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects to life.
#RobotWars
#STEM
#Technology
#Engineering
#Maths
#Workshop
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