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Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen

Gwynedd, United Kingdom
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About Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen

Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen is a bilingual comprehensive secondary school located on Bethel Road in Caernarfon, Gwynedd. It serves approximately 875 to 1,000 pupils aged 11 to 18 and offers education in both Welsh and English. Established in 1894, it was the first school built in Caernarfon and has a long-standing history of serving the local community. The school employs around 50 teaching staff and over 30 support staff, emphasizing a strong bilingual curriculum and community engagement. Facilities and resources focus on maintaining high-quality teaching standards and fostering accountability among staff.

Key Facts

Founded 1894
Students 900

Rating Breakdown

Based on published reviews
Safety & Security 1.4
Teaching Quality 1.4
Communication 1.0
Student Wellbeing 1.0
Facilities 1.4

Reviews 7

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Parent Sep 6, 2025
1.0

"How bad is ysho"

This school is terrible teachers don’t care about any child there the teachers only care about how much money they get for each child they suspend children for no reason and half of the time they don’t care when there’s something serious going on in a persons personal life you miss one day of school and it’s the end of the world for them the school doesn’t care about any child’s mental health you have mental health issues all they do about it is is put you in a room for 10 minutes then force you back to lesson ysgol syr hugh owen is terrible they say that the bullying isn’t bad when yet they just let children fight on the school grounds and don’t do anything about it just shout one or two times and then just leave it honestly this school needs to be shut down as quick as possible and whatever you do don’t send your child here it’s a terrible school.
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent May 23, 2025
1.0

"HORRIBLE"

Nobody cares about you everyone is mean there is NO soap or toilet roll! One time i was going to the bathroom and the flooded because some toilet roll with Brown stuff on it was clogging it. There was mice in the school and some kids found grey hairs in there food. My friend lost a relative and the school told her to foget about it and they much rather see them happy anyway my point is you want your child to grow up in a horrible place send them here. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW KIND TEACHERS!
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Parent
Parent May 8, 2025
1.0

"Wors school in the world"

I am a student at this school and the teacher,s bully the students worst school in the world 🌎
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Mar 14, 2025
1.0

"Disgrace"

Been phoning all day for a week no reply on any number. Impossible to see the elusive headmaster.
Safety & Wellbeing 3/5
Teaching & Learning 3/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 3/5
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Parent
Parent Mar 4, 2025
1.0

"SHUT DOWN THIS SHCOOL"

Don't come here! ive been dragged on the floor and called a n word multiple times, been shouted at multiple times for no reason other then i was late because the doors don't open when you need them to, the fobs don't work so there pointless, i was denied access to the lift after i had surgery on my leg, because of that i had to use the stairs on crutches, and a teacher shouted at me because i was too slow, they dont care about ANY disability's, there has been people who have had panic attacks because of teachers disregard to disability's. They say they have an anti bullying program but take complete disregard to pupils' safety, Your not allowed to use the toilets and if you can there's inappropriate words on the wall and VAPE LIQWID in the toilets which proves that the pupils vape. the buildings are falling apart. the one spot of grass is like a swamp. there registration system is a joke, a loved one has died? too bad, your 100% attendance turns to 5%, need to go to the hospital, same thing too.

WHATEVER YOU DO DONT COME HERE
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent Nov 19, 2024
1.0

"The worst school in Wales."

Dirty in the school, no soap or toilet roles in the toilets, work that doesn’t even help with children’s future jobs, you learn nothing, mice in cafeteria, and someone found a grey hair in their flapjack (could have been a mice’s hair) rude staff, teachers never let you go to the toilet even if you have a toilet pass, teachers care more about education then your feelings and health, ffobs don’t work, don’t need ffobs, makes children late to school because you need to wait in a line and teachers will let you in one by one, the school looks like a jail but yet they still failed to keep children in the school since they can still escape, worst head master ever, he has stupid ideas for the school, have a million more reasons for this but im to tired to say them, might make another review about this terrible school, DO NOT RECOMMEND FOR YOUR CHILDREN.
Safety & Wellbeing 1/5
Teaching & Learning 1/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 1/5
Facilities 1/5
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Parent
Parent May 15, 2023
1.0

"How shit ysho is"

This school doesn’t care about the children's physical or mental wellbeing, also they suspend children for unnecessary amounts of time right before their exams. Another thing they fail to provide the students is people that they can trust and make the students feel safe (as they should as a school) the environment in that school is so toxic it’s unbelievable also it’s unbearable for my child and much others. Also they have banned many students in my child’s year from going to prom something that every child should experience as a part of the year group.The last thing that infuriates me is how they treat tge children as if they are criminals in a prison!!!
Safety & Wellbeing 3/5
Teaching & Learning 2/5
Communication 1/5
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing 2/5
Facilities 2/5

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