Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn

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Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn
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Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn
Station Road

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LL36 9EU

Wales
Coordinates 52°35′05″N4°05′22″W / 52.5847°N 4.0895°W / 52.5847; -4.0895
Information
Type State school
Established1894;130 years ago (1894)
Head TeacherHelen Lewis
Teaching staff25.5 (2023)
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 16
Enrolment388 (2023) [1]
LanguageBilingual (Type A)
HousesCadfan, Dysynni and Maethlon
Website www.tywyn.gwynedd.sch.uk

Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn is a bilingual coeducational secondary school for pupils aged between 11 and 16 years. It is situated in Tywyn, Gwynedd.

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As of 2018, around 19% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes. [2]

History

It was opened as 'Towyn Intermediate School' in 1894 in a building called Brynarfor (formerly a private school called the Towyn Academy and then Brynarvor Hall School). Brynarfor was demolished in 2008.

In 2015, the Welsh Government declared it the secondary school with the highest standards in Wales, as defined by its school categorisation system. [3]

Feeder schools

The following primary schools feed (or fed) Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn:[ citation needed ]

Notable former pupils

Notable former teachers

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References

  1. My Local School.
  2. "Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn | Estyn". www.estyn.gov.wales. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. "Daily Post" . Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  4. Prys Davies, Gwilym. 2002. Tywyn School. Journal of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society, 14.1, pp. 77-85.