Pontypridd High School

Admissions

History

Grammar school

Comprehensive

Notable former pupils

Pontypridd County Grammar School

• Desmond Brayley, Baron Brayley
• Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom CB CBE DSO DFC, Station Commander of RAF Brüggen from 1962–64, AOC of No. 11 Group RAF from 1970–72, and Controller from 1974-77 of National Air Traffic Services
• Rt Rev Anthony Crockett, Bishop of Bangor from 2004–08
• Glyn Davies, rugby player
• Sir Trevor Evans CBE
• John Hopkins, Fellow of Downing College Cambridge, 1961-2004, and University Lecturer in Law; now Emeritus Fellow
• Maldwyn James, rugby player
• Brynmor John, Labour MP from 1970-88 for Pontypridd
• Lord Lloyd-Jones, Judge of the High Court , Lord Justice of Appeal, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
• Geraint Stanley Jones CBE, broadcaster, Chief Executive from 1989-94 of S4C, Controller from 1981-85 of BBC Wales
• Dr David Kelly CMG, biological weapons expert
• Dr Gareth Owen CBE, Vice-Chancellor from 1985-87 of the University of Wales, and Principal from 1979-89 of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
• Gareth Payne, rugby player
• Alun Richards, author
• Tudor Rickards
• Sir Tasker Watkins, VC, GBE ; former High Court judge, Lord Justice of Appeal and deputy Lord Chief Justice. President of the Welsh Rugby Union, 1993-2004
• Alun Williams, radio presenter
• Gareth Wood, composer

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• Kevin Courtney, former physics teacher, and General Secretary from 2016-2017 of the NUT
• Ash Morgan, singer
• Kimberley Nixon, actress
• Ceri Sweeney, Welsh Rugby Union international
• Martyn Williams, Welsh Rugby Union international
• Corey Hill, Welsh Rugby Union International and British and Irish Lions, 2016- Present
• Jarrod Evans, Wales Rugby Union International, 2019-Present
• Charlie Phillips, Director and Producer