- Y Pant is a mixed community comprehensive secondary school and sixth form in Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf. The school moved into a new building in 2017 with new state-of-the-art facilities, including a lecture theatre and floodlit 3G pitch. The sixth form area has IT facilities, zones for studying and relaxing, and even its own coffee shop, Caffi Bach.
- To offer a wider breadth of subjects at sixth form, Y Pant works with nearby Bryn Celynnog school. In some shared subjects, students are taught at both schools — a free minibus transports them between the sites.
- Every pupil completes a termly wellbeing questionnaire and there’s a nurture garden they can access at lunchtimes.
- The school’s "challenge for all" ethos aims to help all children to meet their potential. Pupils with additional needs are supported by a dedicated department, which also offers pre-school and lunchtime clubs, and provides year 7 children with a mentor to help them settle.
- The school offers targeted activities such as maths and essay competitions, as well as a scholar’s programme, involving six weeks of small-group tutorials with a PhD candidate.
- Y Pant is part of New College Oxford's Step-Up programme, designed to inspire and support state school pupils to apply to Oxford.
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