Llanfyllin High School

This article is about the high school that shut in 2020. For the all-through school that succeeded it, see Ysgol Llanfyllin.
Llanfyllin High School
Ysgol Uwchradd Llanfyllin
Location
Map
Llanfyllin
,
Powys

Wales
Coordinates52°45′50″N 3°16′19″W / 52.7638°N 3.2719°W / 52.7638; -3.2719
Information
TypeSecondary School
Closed2020
Local authorityPowys County Council
Head teacherDewi Owen
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment824 (February 2016)[1]
LanguageEnglish / Welsh bilingual
Websitewww.llanfyllin-hs.powys.sch.uk [dead link]

Llanfyllin High School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Llanfyllin) was a bilingual secondary school situated in the mid-Wales town of Llanfyllin. As of its final Estyn inspection in February 2016, it had 824 pupils, down from 1,001 in 2009.[1]

Around one fifth of its pupils lived across the English border in Shropshire, and 18% spoke Welsh as a first language as of 2016. Only one pupil was learning English as a foreign language. The proportion of pupils with special educational needs was lower than the national average, and 6% qualified for free school meals, compared to a national average of 17.4%.[1]

As a bilingual school, Llanfyllin High School had a Welsh language stream in which most subjects were taught in Welsh, and an English language stream in which most subjects were taught in English. Some courses were taught bilingually.[2][non-primary source needed] A group of pupils in years 6 to 9 participated in a project named Trochi (Immersion) to increase their fluency in Welsh and allow them to transfer to the Welsh language stream.[3][non-primary source needed]

The school closed in 2020, merging with Llanfyllin Community Primary School to form an all-through school, Ysgol Llanfyllin.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "A report on Llanfyllin High School" (PDF). Estyn. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Lower School Prospectus 2015" (pdf). Llanfyllin High School. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Trochi". Llanfyllin High School. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  4. ^ Sheehan, Rory (1 September 2020). "Llanfyllin's new all-through school opens its doors". Powys County Times. Retrieved 23 May 2023.