Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern

Bodedern Secondary School
Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern

"Hau i Fedi"
Location
Bodedern, Anglesey
WalesWales
Coordinates 53°17′26″N 4°30′18″W / 53.290563°N 4.504931°W / 53.290563; -4.504931
Information
Type Secondary School
Opened 1977
LEA Isle of Anglesey County Council
Head teacher Mrs Catrin Jones Hughes
Gender Mixed
Age 11 to 18
Enrolment Over 780 (2014)
Colour(s) Navy, Red. White shirts for the Sixth form.
            

Bodedern Secondary School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern) is a co-educational secondary school in Bodedern, Anglesey, Wales first opened in 1977. Although a bilingual school, pupils are taught mostly in Welsh. The current Headteacher is Annwen Morgan, appointed April 2007.tash

History

Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern opened on 6 September 1977 and the headteacher was Mr Carol Hughes. It replaced the old National School in London Road which was then demolished in 1984. The school's symbol is a thumb pressing seeds into the earth (hence the motto 'hau i fedi' or 'sowing to harvest').

The school in 2014

Front of Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern

There are many levels of Welsh-speaking ability at the school and pupils have the choice of studying a subject through the medium of English or Welsh. This is one of the few truly bilingual schools in Wales. At GCSE, nearly all pupils must study at least two subjects in English and two in Welsh, in addition to English and Welsh as individual subjects.

Contrary to the local myth, there is no entrance exam in Welsh for the school.

There are over 850 pupils at the school. The extensive school facilities are available for public use during the evenings.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. "MI6 worker Gareth Williams was an 'exceptional' pupil". BBC North West Wales. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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