Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi

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Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi
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Address
Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi
Park Place

,
SA43 2AD

Wales
Information
TypeSecondary
Established1896
Local authority Ceredigion County Council
SpecialistBilingual
HeadteacherSeamus O'Sullivan (Acting)
Staff39 teachers and 27 support staff
Gender Mixed
Age11to 18
EnrolmentOver 650 students
Website http://www.ysgol-uwchradd-aberteifi.co.uk/

Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi, translated as Cardigan Secondary School is a bilingual secondary school in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales. It offers secondary education from ages 11 to 18, incorporating GCSEs and A-Levels in its sixth form. The motto is Egni a Lwydd (Energy Succeeds).

The school is categorized as a 'Bilingual (Type C)' school by the Welsh Government, meaning that 50 - 79% of subjects, excluding Welsh and English, are taught through the medium of Welsh but are also taught through the medium of English. [1] [2] According to the latest Estyn report in 2022, 21.3% of pupils spoke Welsh at home. [3]

Mrs Nicola James was the school's Headteacher for twelve years until her retirement in August 2024.

The school appeared on S4C's Hip neu Sgip?: Yn erbyn y cloc in 2011, as part of a garden makeover item which took place at the school in September 2010.[ citation needed ]

The school is referenced in the 2020 fiction book 'A Deadly Education' by Naomi Novik, (p.114) as attended by the protagonist Galadriel Higgins.

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References

  1. "Info". mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. "Defining schools according to Welsh medium provision" (PDF). Welsh Assembly Government. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  3. "A report on Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi" (PDF). Estyn. 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

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