Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen

Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen is a large English-medium comprehensive school serving the Garw and Ogmore valleys. The school was formed as a result of a merger of Ogmore Comprehensive School and Ynysawdre Comprehensive School in 2011.[3] The school initially operated as a split site school, with students being taught on the campus of both of the previous schools, but in 2013 the school moved to its new building located next to the old Ynysawdre site.

Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen
Location
Ynysawdre , Bridgend County Borough , CF32 9EL Wales
Coordinates
Information
School type	Secondary School
Motto	Use It Lose It
Opened	September 2011
Local authority	Bridgend County Borough
Headteacher	Tracy wellington[1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 19
Enrolment	1368 [2]
Student to teacher ratio	16.8 [2]
Language	English medium [2]
Website	http://ccyd.org.uk/

The new building, designed by Scott Brownrigg and constructed by Leadbitter won the BREEAM Outstanding award in 2013.[4]

The school was the first in Wales to issue all of its students with an iPad Mini[5] as educational tools, designed to inspire creativity and aid hands on learning.

Estyn has given Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen an overall performance rating of Unsatisfactory.[6]

For 2017, Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen was placed in the Amber support category by the Welsh Government.[6]

In 2014, Macphallen "Mac" Kuwale, an Information Technology teacher at the school, was arrested for turning his Cardiff home into a cocaine distribution facility.[7]