Home page for Ebbw Vale County Grammar School

The website for Ebbw Vale County Grammar School

Latest news

February 28th: John Pratten (1943-47) has been in touch and would love to hear from old school friends. Read his comments at the bottom of the feedback page.

January 28th: it is with sadness that we report the passing of Mr. Trevor Rees who has died, aged 97, after a short illness. Mr. Rees taught mathematics at the school for many years until his retirement in the mid 1970s and continued to be a well-known, popular figure, always willing to make time for a chat with former pupils and ex-colleagues as he hurried about his business in the town. His funeral took place at West End Chapel, Ebbw Vale, on Friday, January 23rd at 1045. You can read the funeral eulogy here.

January 17th: Anthony Gwyn Williams (left Upper Sixth in 1969) would like very much to contact Phillip Williams, previously of Cwm, who left a message on the this website.
Will Phillip please be kind enough to contact him on (0207) 485 7763 or via email at: anthony_earl_williams@hotmail.com
Anthony would also be glad to hear from any other school friends and acquaintances who remember him.

From the Past Student Reunion Committee, 2008
"Alan Jones, who attended the school 1946 to 1954 and was Head Boy in his final year, sadly passed away late in 2007. When, in May 2004, some of the past students thought it would be a good idea to start this website to record some of the school's history, Alan willingly took on the rôle of webmaster. We, his fellow “old codgers” and future generations will be eternally grateful to Alan for his effort in producing this website."

The badges at the top of this page show the school's Welsh and Latin mottos, "Dall pob anghyfarwydd" and "Palma non sine pulvere", which can be translated into English as "Blind are the uninstructed" and "No success without effort" (although I prefer Mr. Dewi Samuel's more poetic version of the latter: "Not the palm of victory without the dust of battle".