Bunscoill Ghaelgagh

Bunscoill Ghaelgagh
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TypeManx language primary school
Established2001
Local authorityIsle of Man
HeadteacherJulie Matthews
Staffc. 4
GenderMixed
Enrollment69
LanguageManx
Websitehttps://bunscoillghaelgagh.sch.im/

Bunscoill Ghaelgagh is a government-run[1] Manx-language primary school in St John's, Isle of Man that has enabled 170 children to learn fluent Manx.[1] As of 2011 it is the only school in the world where children are taught their lessons solely in Manx and which allows children to learn the language fluently.[2] Pupils may then go on to Queen Elizabeth II High School in Peel where they can study a GCSE equivalent qualification (Teisht Chadjin Ghaelgagh) in Manx as well as up to two subjects in the language to maintain their fluency,[3] or to the high school in their catchment area.

  1. ^ a b "Isle of Man Gaelic school comes under government control". BBC News. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "A Miscellany on the History, Culture and Language of the Isle of Man" Archived 18 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Skeealyn Vannin, Journal of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, Vol. 7, No. 2 (2006)
  3. ^ Government of the Isle of Man. "Manx language in schools". Retrieved 18 April 2023.