Ysgol Ardudwy
{{Short description|Welsh comprehensive school}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Ysgol Ardudwy
| coordinates = {{coord|52.8621|-4.1115|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}
| type = Comprehensive
| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Aled Williams
| address = Ffordd y Traeth
| city = Harlech
| county = Gwynedd
| country = Wales
| postcode = LL46 2UH
| local_authority = Gwynedd
| ofsted =
| dfeno =
| staff =
| enrolment = 334 (2024)
| gender = Co-educational
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 16
| language = Bilingual (Type A)
| houses =
| sister college =
| colours = Blue
| publication =
| website = {{URL|http://ysgolardudwy.cymru/}} {{in lang|cy|en}}
| opened = {{start date and age|1957}}
}}
Ysgol Ardudwy is a bilingual secondary school for 11–16 year olds at Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales.[https://mylocalschool.gov.wales/School/6614034 My Local School. Retrieved 3 December 2020.] It serves the seaside communities of Penrhyndeudraeth, Harlech, Abermaw (Barmouth) and nearby villages. It had 323 pupils on the roll in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Ysgol Ardudwy |url=https://mylocalschool.gov.wales/School/6614034?lang=en |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=mylocalschool.gov.wales}}
Leadership
The current headteacher is Aled Williams.{{Cite web |title=Staff {{!}} Ysgol Ardudwy |url=https://www.ysgolardudwy.cymru/en/information/staff/ |access-date=2023-09-12 |language=en-UK}}
The school was formerly led by headmaster Tudur Williams for 28 years until his abrupt resignation a week into a new school year in 2018.{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Gareth |date=2018-09-14 |title=Head shocks parents and colleagues by leaving his job just a week into new term |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/head-shocks-parents-colleagues-leaving-15150536 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=North Wales Live |language=en}}
Welsh language
Ysgol Ardudwy is categorised linguistically by the Welsh Government as a category 2A school: at least 80 per cent of subjects apart from English and Welsh are taught only through the medium of Welsh to all pupils. However, one or two subjects are taught to some pupils in English or in both languages.
In December 2018, 34 per cent of pupils came from Welsh-speaking homes, but 89 per cent of the school's pupils were found to speak Welsh fluently.{{Cite web |title=Ysgol Ardudwy {{!}} Estyn |url=https://www.estyn.gov.wales/provider/6614034 |access-date=2019-02-07 |website=www.estyn.gov.wales}}
Alumni
- Mari Strachan (born 1945), novelist and librarian
- Philip Pullman (born 1946), children's novelist{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/philippullman/status/1107734304581394432 |first1=Philip |last1=Pullman |title=The school I went to was Ysgol Ardudwy, in Harlech |date=2019-03-18 |website=Twitter |via=twitter.com}}
- David Silvester (born 1958), mathematician and author
- Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones (born 1952), emeritus professor of history
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://ysgolardudwy.cymru/}} {{in lang|cy|en}}
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