# Ysgol Friars — Gwynedd, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Primary
- **Parent rating:** 2.3/5 from 12 published reviews
- **Students:** 1300
- **Founded:** 1557

## Contact

- **Address:** Lon Y Bryn, Bangor
- **Phone:** +441248364905
- **Website:** https://www.ysgolfriars.cymru
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/gwynedd/ysgol-friars-25632

## About

Ysgol Friars, located at Lon y Bryn, Bangor, Gwynedd, is a bilingual 11-18 co-educational comprehensive school and the second oldest extant school in Wales, founded in 1557 by Geoffrey Glyn. The school has a rich history linked to a former Dominican friary and has evolved through significant reorganizations, including a 1971 merger of three local schools. Since 1999, it has operated on a unified site at Eithinog. Ysgol Friars serves a wide catchment area including Anglesey, North Arfon, and the Llŷn peninsula, making it the largest secondary school in Gwynedd and one of the largest in North Wales. The school emphasizes high standards of dress, behavior, and academic achievement, fostering a strong community ethos where pupils learn the impact of their actions on others. It offers a broad curriculum and extensive extracurricular activities, including participation in national competitions like F1 in Schools. Ysgol Friars is recognized for its pleasant and challenging learning environment, promoting endeavor and high standards, and has received high acclaim in recent inspections.

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — bad teachers.: bad teachers. getting Afterschool for saying "Bean" gives a class detention for 2 people speaking. *(May 2025)*
- **1/5** — Where do I even start to show my hatred for this school: Moved from David Hughes to Friars about 4 years ago and thought it'd be alright wow was I wrong the amount control people have over you is insane apparently they say they incourage individuality when in actual fact they seem to punish you if you make the slightest change to the uniform yet they don't punish someone who's bullying you I may also add the amount of prejudice racist and biggoted people who go to the school to including some in fact that I'd argue are teachers you can't go a day ther… *(Oct 2024)*
- **5/5** — head teacher: very amazing the head teacher should come back *(Jun 2024)*
- **3/5** — Corruption is at every level: Shameful school, business teacher simply provides lessons by showing YouTube videos and bragging about being paid for the privilege. Staff are incapable of telling the truth; they prefer to pretend about professional standards. The care of children higher up the system is extremely poor; staff have favourite pupils and disregard others. Some teachers simply talk about themselves and discuss private issues as if they are royal. The head master (now living in Wrexham) was adored and was lovingly p… *(Dec 2023)*
- **5/5** — Best school: Good school good learning and its just good for me *(Jun 2023)*
- **5/5** — Good school 🏫: Good school better than tryfan and is a good education for the people it's a 5 star *(Apr 2023)*
- **4/5** — Good school: Good school it's not sh!t it has some bullies but are delt with and it is good *(Apr 2023)*
- **1/5** — Worst school in existence: Horrifically bad school. They do nothing in regards to bullying, numerous complaints and no actions ever taken. Awful when it comes to children's mental health, offer no help and make the matter worse. Continuously place pupils in isolation for long periods of time for ridiculous reasons such as haircuts or nails. Headmaster was proven to be a bully in a court of law, and the school is full of teachers who bully students. Awful, toxic environment for children *(Feb 2023)*
- **1/5** — Bullies rule: Reported many instances of bullying to the school head of year always says they'll phone back but never once has. *(Jun 2022)*
- **1/5** — Its shit: I need to use 20 words so like uh yeah I'm gonna ramble but it's a rlly shit school especially for if u have issues they r just badddd *(May 2022)*

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