Llanidloes High School
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| motto = GOFAL - Great Opportunities For All to Learn
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| head_teacher = Daniel Owen
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| address = Llangurig Road
| city = Llanidloes, Powys
| country = Wales
| postcode = SY18 6EX
| local_authority = Powys
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| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
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Llanidloes High School is a state secondary school and sixth form in Llanidloes, Powys. As of 2023, there were 702 pupils on roll at the school.{{Cite web |title=Llanidloes High School |url=https://mylocalschool.gov.wales/School/6664002?lang=en |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=mylocalschool.gov.wales}} It is an English-medium school with significant Welsh language provision, with pupils attending from other parts of Powys.
The school was rated good in a 2016 Estyn report and green in the 2019 national school categorization.{{Cite web |date=April 2016 |title=Llanidloes High School |url=https://www.estyn.gov.wales/provider/6664002 |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Estyn}}{{Cite web |date=January 2020 |title=National school categorisation system: support categories |url=https://gov.wales/national-school-categorisation-system-support-categories |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=Welsh Government}} The school was also included in The Times top ten sixth forms in Wales in 2018 and 2019.{{Cite news |last=McCall |first=Alastair |date=November 24, 2019 |title=Best secondary schools in Wales |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/best-schools-league-table/guide/article/best-schools-wales-6wlt9zj9p |access-date=2022-08-29}}{{Cite news |last=McCall |first=Alastair |date=November 25, 2018 |title=Best secondary schools in Wales |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/best-schools-league-table/guide/article/best-schools-wales-6wlt9zj9p |access-date=2022-08-29}}
The school is also home to the North Powys ASD centre.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-29 |title=Llanidloes High School |url=https://www.autism.org.uk/directory/l/llanidloes-highschool |access-date=2022-08-29 |website=National Autistic Society}}
In 2024, 10.8 per cent of pupils spoke Welsh at home.{{Cite web |title=Inspection Report on Llanidloes High School |url=https://www.estyn.gov.wales/system/files/2024-04/Inspection%20report%20Llanidloes%20High%20School%202024_0.pdf |website=Estyn}}
As of June 2024, the school is being investigated for promoting Evangelical Christianity to pupils.{{Cite news |last=Hayward |first=Will |date=June 15, 2024 |work=Wales Online |title=Welsh school investigated for 'promoting evangelical Christianity' |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-school-investigated-promoting-evangelical-29361177.amp |access-date=2024-06-16}}
Notable former pupils
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- Neil Ferguson, infectious disease epidemiologist{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Pilita |title=Neil Ferguson, a virus modeller sounds the alarm |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7e56cf84-6a9e-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75 |work=Financial Times |date=20 March 2020}}
- Iwan Roberts, former footballer
- Adam Woodyatt, actor{{Cite web |title=Mid Wales Llanidloes - Claims to Fame |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/llanidloes/pages/fame.shtml/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621042740/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/mid/sites/llanidloes/pages/fame.shtml |archive-date=21 June 2012 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=BBC}}
References
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