Brynteg School  Brynteg School () is one of the largest secondary schools in Wales. It is located on "Ewenny Road " in the town of Bridgend, Wales. This school is one of seven comprehensive schools that serve the town, but the school mainly receives pupils from the Brackla, Litchard and Town Centre (Morfa) areas. Brynteg, whilst not becoming a Comprehensive School until 1971 can trace its roots and history back to 1896. The Bridgend Intermediate School in Morfa Street (now Penybont Primary School) was opened on 21 September 1896. The Boy’s section of the school was opened by South Glamorganshire MP Arthur J Willimas while the Girl’s section was opened by Lady Rachel Wyndham-Quinn, daughter of Lord Dynraven, who had donated land for the school. The school’s fees were £1 5s per term in addition to stationary costs of 1s 18d per term plus text books which pupils were charged a 25% discount. By 1904 the school had exceeded it’s planned capacity of 120. In 1907 there were 276 pupils (116 boys and 92 girls). Over the coming years various extensions and alterations were made to the school and individual classrooms to help accommodate growing pupil numbers. Pupil numbers reached 500 by 1931. As pupil numbers continued to grow a new 15 acre site was identified off Ewweny Road and a new school (renamed Bridgend Grammar School for Boys in 1945) was built and opened in 1935 at the cost of £25,000 (almost £1.8million in 2020). The school was built on the site of Brynteg House. The official opening ceremony of the new school took place on 26 September 1935 and was attended by Oliver Stanley President of the Board of Education. Girls meanwhile continued to be taught at the original site where their numbers increased from 260 in 1935 to 360 in 1946 under their headmistress Miss E N Evans. The School eventually became The Girls Grammar School A mile away from the new boy’s school Heolgam County Secondary School opened in July 1948 with 250 pupils and 12 staff. When the school opened The Glamorgan Gazette described it has having Heolgam expanded rapidly and an additional five classrooms were built in 1954. The school continued until its closure on 31 August 1971. Head Teachers  The merger of Bridgend Boy’s Grammar School and Heolgam Secondary School took place on 1 September 1971 and Brynteg Comprehensive School was formed, with Heolgam serving as the lower school (Forms I to III/Years 7-9) the old boy’s grammar school serving as the upper school (forms IV to VI/Years 10-13).