Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron
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{{Infobox school
| name = Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron
| image =
| address = Stryd y Fro
| city = Aberaeron
| county = Gwynedd
| postcode = SA46 0DT
| country = Wales
| coordinates = {{Coord|52.241256|-4.246970|region:GB_type:edu|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| type = Comprehensive
| established = {{Start date and age|1978}}
| LEA = Ceredigion
| headteacher = Owain Jones
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 19
| enrolment = 590
| enrolment_as_of = 2024
| language = Bilingual (Type C)
| gender =
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| website = {{URL|www.ygaberaeron.org.uk}}
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Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron is a bilingual comprehensive school for pupils aged between 11 and 19 years. The school is situated in the town of Aberaeron in Ceredigion, Wales. The school had 590 pupils on roll in 2024.{{Cite web |title=GYFUN ABERAERON COMPREHENSIVE |url=https://mylocalschool.gov.wales/School/6674042?lang=en |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=mylocalschool.gov.wales}}
In 2014, 34% of pupils were from homes in which Welsh was the main language; however, 70% of pupils spoke Welsh as a first language or to an equal standard.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=30 January 2015 |title=Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron Inspection Report |url=https://www.estyn.gov.wales/sites/default/files/documents/Inspection%20report%20Ysgol%20Gyfun%20Aberaeron%202014.pdf |access-date=27 September 2016 |website= |publisher=Estyn}} In 2016, over 80% of pupils in Year 10 and Year 11 studied at least three examination subjects through the medium of Welsh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.estyn.gov.wales/sites/default/files/documents/Monitoring%20report%20Ysgol%20Gyfun%20Aberaeron%20October%202016%20eng.pdf|title=Report following monitoring: Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron|last=|first=|date=October 2016|website=Estyn|publisher=Estyn|access-date=3 November 2016}} As of 2023, 31% of pupils came from Welsh-speaking homes.{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=A report on Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron |url=https://estyn.gov.wales/system/files/2023-05/Inspection%20report%20Ysgol%20Gyfun%20Aberaeron%202023_3.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=12 May 2025 |website=Estyn}}
The school ranked very low in the Welsh league tables (153rd out of 217 schools in Wales) in 2013. The school reached first position in the Western Mail league tables the following year (2014). The school achieved a 5 star rating (the highest possible ranking) for teaching; attainment and finance. According to the paper the “School’s mission to ‘provide a inclusive centre of excellence within a bilingual community’ has doubtless been achieved.”
Notable former pupils
- Josh Tarling - track and road cyclist, world junior time trial champion
- Alana Spencer - winner of BBC's The Apprentice series 12
- Seirian Sumner - Professor of entomology at UCL