Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle is a

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for pupils aged between 11 and 18 years. It is situated in Pen-y-groes in

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. The school serves the village of Pen-y-groes and the surrounding rural area. As of 2022, there were 401 pupils enrolled at the school. __TOC__

General information

84% of pupils come from homes in which Welsh is the main language of the household. Nearly all pupils are able to speak Welsh to first language level and are following a Welsh course. On the school's badge, the words 'Delfryd Dysg Cymeriad' are inscribed, which translates to "''The ideal of education is to build character''" or more concisely "''Education Builds Character''". The school badge was devised by a former art teacher at the school, John Davies. There are four registration classes in school, Y, D, N and P. There are also four school houses; Silyn, Dulyn, Llifon and Llyfnwy which draw their names from local rivers and lakes. Pupils are allocated in one each of those when enrolled in year 7. School houses compete annually in the sports day and in the historic school

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, held in late October. The school encountered significant controversy when it refused to provide school meals to children who were 1p in debt. The school quickly changed their policy after comparisons to the work house from the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist.

Notable former pupils

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R. Williams Parry Robert Williams Parry (6 March 1884 – 4 January 1956) was one of Wales's most notable 20th-century poets writing in Welsh. Life R. Williams Parry was born in Tal-y-sarn, in Dyffryn Nantlle, a first cousin to the writers T. H. Parry-Williams ...

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References

{{authority control Secondary schools in Gwynedd

Dyffryn Nantlle The Nantlle Valley ( cy, Dyffryn Nantlle, ) is an area in Gwynedd, North Wales, characterised by its numerous small settlements. The area is also historically important geologically, and featured in one of the most contentious disputes of the 1 ...

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