Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog
Coordinates: 52°55′55″N 4°07′52″W / 52.932°N 4.131°W Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog is a bilingual comprehensive school. The majority of its students speak Welsh as a first language and receive their education through the medium of Welsh. The school is located next to the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway in Porthmadog.
There were 487 pupils at the school in 2006, compared to 534 in 2005.[1][2]
The school is over a century old. One of its most famous ex-students was the poet and scholar, T. H. Parry-Williams who first attended the school aged 11 in 1898. Previously it was a grammar school; and was called Ysgol Ganolradd Porthmadog.
Rob Piercy, a successful local artist, was previously the art teacher at Ysgol Eifionydd.
Recent Head-teachers
- Alwen P. Watkin
- Richard Williams
- Gwilym R. Hughes
- Robert Wyn Jackson
Notable former pupils
References
- ↑ "Adroddiad Estyn Hydref 2005" (PDF) (in Welsh).
- ↑ "Gwynedd Council".
External links
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