Ysgol Glan y Môr is a bilingual

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in the

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of Pwllheli in the

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county of

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. The school serves a large part of the

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( cy, Penrhyn Llŷn). As of 2022, there were 495 pupils on roll at the school. According to the latest

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inspection report in 2017, approximately three-quarters of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes.

History

The modern school was formed when the former Pwllheli Grammar School and the Frondeg Secondary Modern Schools merged. These occupied sites at Ysgol Penrallt (Now home to the ''Pwllheli'' campus of

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) and Upper Ala Road, respectively. The two schools merged in mid-1969 to form a comprehensive school. The junior pupils (First Year and Second Year) were located at the Ysgol Penrallt site and the senior pupils (Third Year and upwards) were located at a new building constructed on Cardiff Road. This new school was subsequently expanded to accommodate all pupils in the 1990s.

Notable former pupils

Gwyneth Glyn Gwyneth Glyn (born Gwyneth Glyn Evans, 14 December 1979) is a Welsh language poet and musician. Biography Gwyneth Glyn was born in St David's Hospital in Bangor, Gwynedd, and grew up at her family home in Llanarmon. She was educated at Ysgol ...

- poet and singer * Sir David Hughes Parry(1893-1973) was

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from 1945 to 1948 (attended Pwllheli county school) *

Hywel Williams Hywel Williams (born 1953) is a Welsh Plaid Cymru politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Arfon, previously Caernarfon, since 2001. He announced his intention to retire in 2022. Early life Williams was born in Pwllheli in 1953 ...

- politician

References

External links

School Website
Secondary schools in Gwynedd Educational institutions established in 1969 Glan y Mor Pwllheli 1969 establishments in Wales {{Wales-school-stub