Name | School | From | To | Comments |
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Miss E. F. Meredith | Tynewydd Infants | 01st Apr 1887 | 11th Mar 1895 | The Junior & Infants departments moved into the “New School” (now Tynewydd Junior School) on 7th Nov 1893. Infants attendance being very low due to a measles epidemic in the Valley at that time. |
Miss Fannie M. Thomas | Tynewydd Infants | 11th Mar 1895 | 31st Jan 1896 | Miss Thomas resigned and moved to Pontycymmer Infants |
>Miss Vida E. Jones | Tynewydd Infants | 31st Jan 1896 | 28th Jul 1899 | Miss Jones resigned on 28th Jul 1899 and became Mrs Edwards (Their daughter Dorothy became a famous if somewhat tragic authoress who took her own life in the 1920`s). She remained temporary head until 01st Nov 1899. |
Elizabeth A. James | Tynewydd Infants | 01st Nov 1899 | ?? | In 1903 the school comes under the control of the Councils. |
Miss Margaret F. Mathias | Tynewydd Infants | ?? | 01st July 1921 | |
Miss Rachel Evans | Tynewydd Infants | 01st July 1921 | 30th Sep 1940 | On 30th Sep 1940, Tynewydd Girls & Infants School cease to be separate Schools and merge to Form “Tynewydd Girls & Infants School”. Miss Rachel Evans takes up the vacant post at Aber Infants. |
Miss Bessie W. Jones | Tynewydd Girls | 30th Aug 1915 | 1917 | The new Tynewydd Boys School was built in 1914-15 in Caedu, with the boys moving out and the Infants and Girls school remaining at the School Hill Building. |
Miss Boobyer | Tynewydd Girls | 1917 | 1918 | |
Mrs Iris Edith Jones | Tynewydd Girls | 1918 | 1919 | The first married woman to take charge, resigned when her husband returned from the front. |
Miss Boobyer | Tynewydd Girls | 1919 | 01st July 1921 | |
Miss Katie L. Griffiths | Tynewydd Girls | 01st July 1921 | 30th Sep 1940 | On 30th Sep 1940, Tynewydd Girls & Infants School cease to be separate School and merge to Form Tynewydd Girls & Infants School. |
Miss Katie L. Griffiths | Tynewydd Girls & Infants | 01st Oct 1940 | ##### | Miss Katie Griffiths resigns to take up post in Kenfig Hill. |
Miss Barbara Allinson | Tynewydd Girls & Infants | Dec-43 | Sep-50 | Miss Barbara Allinson retires after 39 years service with Tynewydd Infants. |
Miss Mavis Llewellyn | Tynewydd Girls & Infants | Sep-50 | 01st Sep 1952 | Tynewydd ceases to be a combined “girls & Infants school, with all Junior Girls transferred to Aber Girls Junior School. |
Miss Mavis Llewellyn | Tynewydd Infants | 01st Sep 1952 | 02nd Feb 1953 | |
Miss Mildred Mackney Davies | Tynewydd Infants | 02nd Feb 1953 | Oct-56 | |
Mrs Mildred Mackney Rowe | Tynewydd Infants | Oct-56 | ##### | Tynewydd acquires it`s first wireless set. |
Miss R. M. Cooke | Tynewydd Infants | Nov-58 | ##### | Temporary head due to illness of Mrs M. M. Rowe. Mrs Cooke (nee Griffiths) emigrated to Australia on 20th June 1959 and Miss Little took over as Assistant. |
Mrs Mildred Mackney Rowe | Tynewydd Infants | Mar-59 | 27th Jul 1962 | Mrs M. M. Rowe resigned her post “after nine and a half happy years as head teacher” in order to become head teacher of Bryncethin Infants’ School. |
Mrs G. Howe. | Tynewydd Mixed Junior | 27th Jul 1962 | See Junior School List | On 27th Jul 1962, Aber Girls Junior and Tynewydd Boys School once again are re-united in the Tynewydd Infants School to form Tynewydd Junior School. It was to remain so titles until it`s final closure in Jul 2003, when all Ogmore Primary Schools closed to form “Ogmore Vale Primary School, in a new School on the Penwllyngwent estate in Sep 2003 |