# Ysgol Tryfan — Gwynedd, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Primary
- **Parent rating:** 1.4/5 from 6 published reviews
- **Students:** 500
- **Founded:** 1978
- **Principal:** Geraint Owen Jones

## Contact

- **Address:** Lon Powys, Bangor
- **Phone:** +44 1248 352633
- **Website:** http://www.ysgoltryfan.org
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/gwynedd/ysgol-tryfan-25633

## About

Ysgol Tryfan is a bilingual (Welsh-English) comprehensive secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18, located in Bangor, Gwynedd. It primarily serves the urban area of Bangor and surrounding towns and villages. The school emphasizes bilingual education with Welsh as the administrative and official language, and a significant majority of pupils come from Welsh-speaking homes. The curriculum includes a broad range of subjects including triple science, further mathematics, and the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification. The school is known for strong pupil progress, particularly in oral skills in both Welsh and English, and provides robust support for literacy and numeracy development. It has a reputation for fostering respectful and ethical citizens prepared for 21st-century society.

## Recent parent reviews

- **1/5** — My experience: Terrible hygiene also a teacher threatend too call the police on me for something I didn’t do also they don’t take bullying and homophobia seriously also teacher was talking about about my parent to me *(May 2023)*
- **2/5** — Very poor: I would not recommend this school for any students that struggle with school work. My son has been in this school for 3 years and I feel that he has been thoroughly let down and has had no support whatsoever in regards to school work. He struggles with welsh terminology in which has caused him stress with school. School had been informed about his struggles by an approved governing body and still they did not support him, only sent him to the Hafan every time or home because they did-not have “k… *(May 2023)*
- **1/5** — Very Bad: Just bad in many ways the claim they’re anti bullying but they aren’t really also we get sick often and if Ben. Told many death threats *(Jan 2023)*
- **1/5** — Tomosprendergast: Bad - tomos prendergast *(Sep 2022)*
- **2/5** — schoolgirl: Not a very good school, teachers aren’t the best. They don’t seem to care much about us and only recently (because the council has told then to) make us fill in a form about how We feel. Lets be honest they don’t care their just doing it to make them look good. *(Apr 2021)*
- **3/5** — meh it’s ok: would rather die than go here again, don’t get me wrong it’s fun and some of the teachers are okay but it’s clear the staff don’t care ab their students mental health and are more prioritised with the reputation of the school *(Jan 2021)*

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