Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog
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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
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There were 487 pupils at the school in 2006, compared to 534 in 2005.
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.
The current headteacher is Mrs Alwen P.Watkin B.A
Rob Piercy
, a successful local artist, was previously the art teacher at Ysgol Eifionydd.
Note: 17% of the pupils come from outside the designated catchment area. (2005)
Porthmadog
Porthmadog , known locally as "Port", and historically rendered into English as Portmadoc, is a small coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd, in Wales. Prior to the Local Government Act 1972 it was in the administrative county of Caernarfonshire. The town lies east of...
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There were 487 pupils at the school in 2006, compared to 534 in 2005.
The school is over a century old. One of its most famous ex-students was the poet and scholar, T. H. Parry-Williams
T. H. Parry-Williams
Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams was a Welsh poet, author and academic.Parry-Williams was born at Rhyd Ddu, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Jesus College, Oxford , the University of Freiburg and the Sorbonne...
who first attended the school aged 11 in 1898. Previously it was a grammar school; and was called Ysgol Ganolradd Porthmadog.
The current headteacher is Mrs Alwen P.Watkin B.A
Rob Piercy
Rob Piercy
Rob Piercy is an artist and painter . Born in Porthmadog, he was also an art teacher at Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog for 15 years, before leaving to concentrate on painting in 1989. He has his own gallery in Porthmadog, which he established in 1986...
, a successful local artist, was previously the art teacher at Ysgol Eifionydd.
Notable former pupils
- T. H. Parry-WilliamsT. H. Parry-WilliamsSir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams was a Welsh poet, author and academic.Parry-Williams was born at Rhyd Ddu, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Jesus College, Oxford , the University of Freiburg and the Sorbonne...
- Dyfan DwyforDyfan DwyforDyfan Dwyfor is a Welsh actor, originally from Cricieth. He attended Ysgol Eifionydd, Porthmadog and Coleg Meirion Dwyfor before going on to Ysgol Glanaethwy. He graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2007....
- Jamie ShepherdJamie ShepherdJamie Shepherd is a British newsreader and reporter.Shepherd is currently working at Global Radio, ITN and ITV London.-Media career:...
(Broadcaster)
Primary schools in the catchment area
- Ysgol Cefn Coch
- Ysgol Beddgelert
- Ysgol Borthygest
- Ysgol Treferthyr
- Ysgol Garndolbenmaen
- Ysgol Eifion Wyn
- Ysgol y Gorlan
- Ysgol Llanystumdwy
Note: 17% of the pupils come from outside the designated catchment area. (2005)