Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni is a bilingual community
comprehensive school
A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...
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.
There is a
leisure centre
A leisure centre in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia (also called aquatic centres), Singapore and Canada is a purpose-built building or site, usually owned and operated by the city, borough council or municipal district council, where people ...
neighbouring the school called Plas Arthur.
Notable staff and attendees
Notable alumni include Oscar-winning actor
Hugh Griffith
Hugh Emrys Griffith (30 May 1912 – 14 May 1980) was a Welsh film, stage, and television actor. He is best remembered for his role in the film '' Ben-Hur'' (1959), which earned him critical acclaim and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Acto ...
and noted English novelist
Gabriel Fielding
Alan Gabriel Barnsley (pen name Gabriel Fielding, 25 March 1916 – 27 November 1986) was an English novelist whose works include: ''In the Time of Greenbloom'', ''The Birthday King'', ''Through Streets Broad and Narrow'' and ''The Women of Gui ...
, 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
Sonia Edwards is a Wales, Welsh poet and writer who writes primarily in Welsh. She is a recipient of the Tir na n-Og Award.
Life
Edwards was born in Cemaes on the island of Anglesey. She is known as a writer of books in Welsh although she also ...
who is a bilingual novelist teaches Welsh at the school.
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. However, the majority are taught through the medium of Welsh. Approximately 87% of pupils study Welsh as a first language.
As of January 2018, 70.4% of the school's pupils spoke Welsh at home.
See also
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:People educated at Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni
References
Secondary schools in Anglesey
Educational institutions established in 1953
Llangefni
1953 establishments in Wales
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