Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn is a bilingual

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secondary school for pupils aged between 11 and 16 years. It is situated in

Tywyn Tywyn (Welsh: ; in English often ), formerly spelled Towyn, is a town, community, and seaside resort on the Cardigan Bay coast of southern Gwynedd, Wales. It was previously in the historic county of Merionethshire. It is famous as the lo ...

, Gwynedd. As of 2018, around 19% of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes.

History

It was opened as 'Towyn Intermediate School' in 1894 in a building called Brynarfor (formerly a

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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.

Feeder schools

The following primary schools feed (or fed) Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn: * Ysgol Craig y Deryn (from 2013) * Ysgol Gynradd Aberdyfi (before closure in 2013) * Ysgol Gynradd Abergynolwyn (before closure in 2010) * Ysgol Gynradd Aberllefenni (before closure in 1967) * Ysgol Gynradd Bryncrug (before closure in 2013) * Ysgol Gynradd Dyffryn Dulas,

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* Ysgol Gynradd Llanegryn (before closure in 2013) * Ysgol Gynradd Llwyngwril (before closure in 2013) * Ysgol Gynradd Pantperthog (before closure in 1960s) * Ysgol Gynradd Pennal * Ysgol Gynradd Penybryn * Ysgol Gynradd Tynyberth,

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(before closure in 1967)

Notable former pupils

* Tom Bradshaw (b.1992), Welsh international footballer *

Geraint Goodwin Arthur Geraint Goodwin (1 May 1903 – 10 October 1941) was a Welsh journalist, novelist and short story writer from near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, who wrote about rural life on the Welsh border. His first novel, published in 1935, was the autob ...

(1903–41), author of ''The Heyday in the Blood'' (1936) *

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(b. 1991),

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international

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player * Lord Prys-Davies (1923–2017) of

Llanegryn Llanegryn is a village and a community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It was formerly part of the historic county of Merionethshire ( cy, Meirionnydd, Sir Feirionnydd). It is located within Snowdonia National Park south of the Snowdonia (''Eryri ...

Prys Davies, Gwilym. 2002. Tywyn School. ''Journal of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society'', 14.1, pp. 77-85. * Michael Raven (1938–2008), author, musician, composer and poet

Notable former teachers

* Thomas Richards (1878-1962), historian * David Williams (1900-1978), historian

References

External links

Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn website
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