14 February 2020

The Annual Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians

Written by Kayla – Year 11 Student Throughout the last few days, many of us at Ffynone took part in the annual Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians in the Brangwyn Hall. They had classes for various instruments. The violin, cello, piano, trumpet, flute, guitar and many more! They were also split up by instrument grades and whether the class was competitive or non-competitive.   I have taken part in the ABRSM before for the […]

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7 February 2020

Cisco Academy at Ffynone House School

Written Sarim, Student Today I became the first student at Ffynone House School to complete a Cisco Academy Training course.  Cisco Academy is an educational company that enables students to do a variety of courses, from ICT to Business-related subjects.    Ffynone has recently become an exam centre for Cisco Academy in September 2019 and all the students were offered the opportunity […]

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6 February 2020

Intermediate Maths Challenge 2020

Written by Sophie Lawrence, Year 11 Today was Maths Challenge Day! Every year during February, Years 10 and 11 and selected Year 9s participate in this ridiculously tough challenge. It is a national activity that Maths students take part in and in our school, the challenge is compulsory if you are part of the higher Maths groups. It aims to test students’ application of Maths to a series of riddle-like […]

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11 December 2019

Estyn Inspection Findings

Ffynone House School is thrilled to share the findings of our recent Estyn inspection. As the first school to be inspected under the new Estyn framework, we are so pleased that above all else, the inspection team recognised that: “There is a strong sense of community that pervades Ffynone House. Nearly all pupils are proud […]

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22 August 2019

2019 GCSE Results Exceed Expectations

Ffynone House School are celebrating another year of GCSE successes.  All qualifications, with the exception of ICT, are the more demanding English specifications and are graded using the 9-1 system.  Over half of all grades were at level 7 or above (equivalent to the old A/A*) with an impressive 19% at the ultra high level […]

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