Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni

Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni is a bilingual community comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 18 years old located in Llangefni, Anglesey. Pupils come from the town of Llangefni and the surrounding villages and rural areas. The school opened around 1953 and currently has 655 students on roll.

Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni
Location
Llangefni, Anglesey, LL77 7NG, Wales, United Kingdom
Information
TypeComprehensive
MottoGorau Cynnydd Cadw Moes (Courtesy paves the way to success)
Established1953
HeadmasterHuw Davies
Enrollmentover 800
Ages11–18
Websitewww.llangefni.anglesey.sch.uk

There is a leisure centre neighbouring the school called Plas Arthur.[1]

Notable staff and attendees

Notable alumni include Oscar-winning actor Hugh Griffith and noted English novelist Gabriel Fielding, who both attended the school when it was still Llangefni County School, Hollywood actress and Oscar nominee Naomi Watts, opera tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones, and TV and radio personality Hywel Gwynfryn. Sonia Edwards who is a bi-lingual novelist teaches Welsh at the school.[2]

Welsh language

Welsh Government defines the school as a bilingual secondary school Category 2B, which means that, at least 80% of subjects (excluding Welsh and English) are taught through the medium of Welsh but are also taught through the medium of English.[3] However, the majority are taught through the medium of Welsh. Approximately 87% of pupils study Welsh as a first language.[4]

As of January 2018, 70.4% of the school's pupils spoke Welsh at home.[5]

See also
  • Category:People educated at Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 March 2005. Retrieved 7 April 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Sonia Edwards, Parthian books, retrieved 5 March 2015
  3. "Ysgol David Hughes". mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  4. "A report on Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni" (PDF). Estyn. May 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. "Children speaking Welsh at home". gov.wales. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.


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