Ysgol Uwchradd Fitzalan

Ysgol uwchradd gymunedol cyfrwng Saesneg yn ardal Lecwydd, Caerdydd ydy Ysgol Uwchradd Fitzalan (Saesneg: Fitzalan High School). Y brifathrawes presennol ydy Mrs Cath Bradshaw.

Mae dros 1500 o ddisgyblion rhwng 11 ac 18 oed yn yr ysgol, ac mae'n un o ysgolion mwyaf aml-ddiwylliannol y Deyrnas Unedig. Y prif ysgolion yn y dalgylch yw ysgolion cynradd Kitchener, Radnor, Lansdowne, Severn Road, Parc Ninian, St. Mary the Virgin, Trelluest ac Ysgol Gynradd Mount Stuart.

Hanes
Sefydlwyd Ysgol Uwchradd Fitzalan ym 1968, gan gymryd lle Ysgol Sirol Parc Ninian a drodd yn ysgol gynradd.

Ym 1982, enillodd dîm pêl-droed yr ysgol Cwmpan yr English Schools Football Association, y tro cyntaf erioed i'r cwpan gael ei ennill gan dîm o du allan i Loegr.

Defnyddiwyd neuadd yr ysgol ar gyfer ffilmio pennod School Reunion o gyfres ffuglen wyddonol Doctor Who, a ddarlledwyd gyntaf ar 29 Ebrill 2006. Ffilmwyd rhaglen ddogfen BBC2, "Fitzalan — School of Dreams" ym mis Mawrth 2006, yn dangos sut mae'r disgyblion yn llwyddo'n dda yn yr ysgol.

 Cyfleusterau 
Yn 2007, dechreuodd yr ysgol raglen er mwyn lleihau eu ôl-troed carbon wedi iddynt gael eu arolygu han y Carbon Trust. Cymerwyd camau iw leihau gan gynnwys gosod cyfrifiaduron "eco-ddistaw", caiff un ohonynt ei redeg gan dyrbin gwynt.It also offers help to the less-capable children and can keep up with the pace of the brighter children, employing teachers to help the children achieve their maximum potential.

Fitzalan now has the highest ratio of interactive whiteboards to classrooms of any secondary school in Wales and is at the cutting edge of its use of ICT in education. The school was awarded the NAACE Mark for excellence in the use of ICT in Tachwedd 2005. Six new thirty station ICT suites have been installed since 2006 with state of the art computers and software.

The school transformed one of its gyms into a drama studio complete with brand new apparatus.

Chwaraeon
Adnewyddyd pwll nofio 20 medr yr ysgol ar gost o £300,000, enwyd yn Bwll Nofio Peter Perkiner er mwyn coffa cyn-gadeirydd y llywodraethwyr. Agorodd y pwll yn swyddogol ym mis Mawrth 2009. Mae'r cyfleusterau hefyd ar agor i'r cyhoedd wedi oriau ysgol. Fel rhan o'r cynllun hwn sy'n bartneriaeth rhwng Cyngor Chwaraeon Cymru, tîm Cymunedau ar Waith Cyngor Dinas Caerdydd a'r ysgol ei hun, trowyd hen ddosbarth na ddefnyddwyd yn ganolfan cadw'n heini gyda multi-gym.Fitzalan was the first school to install state-of-the-art 5-a-side astro pitches (identical to that of Real Madrid), due to a partnership with Gôl Football Centres, and a new £600,000 sports hall. The sports hall has many uses for sport such as Cricket, Football, Basketball, Netball, Tennis, Badminton etc.

Two new full-sized astro pitches will be finished soon and are located next to the under-construction Leckwith stadium.

The school introduced a new 5x60 regime in which pupils of any age could take part in sports activities 1 hour after school. The activities include football, netball, baketball, cricket, hockey, dancing etc. 

School inspections
Fitzalan High School is inspected every six years by the independent statutory body Estyn, as part of the Welsh national programme of school inspection, funded by the National Assembly for Wales.

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