Llanfyllin High School

{{About|the high school that shut in 2020|the [[all-through school]] that succeeded it|Ysgol Llanfyllin}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox school | name = Llanfyllin High School | native_name = Ysgol Uwchradd Llanfyllin | coordinates = {{coord|52.7638|-3.2719|type:edu_region:GB|display=inline}} | image = Llanfyllin High School Logo.jpg | image_size = | opened = | closed = 2020 | type = [[Secondary School]] | language = English / Welsh bilingual | religious_affiliation = | head = Dewi Owen | specialist = | city = [[Llanfyllin]] | county = [[Powys]] | country = Wales | local_authority = [[Powys County Council]] | staff = | enrolment = 824 (February 2016)<ref name=estyn>{{cite web |title=A report on Llanfyllin High School |url=https://www.estyn.gov.wales/system/files/2020-08/Llanfyllin%2520High%2520School.pdf |publisher=[[Estyn]] |access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref> | gender = Mixed | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | motto = | colours = | website = {{URL|http://www.llanfyllin-hs.powys.sch.uk/}} {{dead link|date=May 2023}} }} '''Llanfyllin High School''' ({{langx|cy|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.<ref name=estyn/>

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%.<ref name=estyn/>

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lower School Prospectus 2015|url=http://www.llanfyllin-hs.powys.sch.uk/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=303&Itemid=131&lang=en|website=Llanfyllin High School|accessdate=20 October 2016|format=pdf}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=May 2023}} 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trochi|url=http://www.llanfyllin-hs.powys.sch.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=303%3Atrochi&catid=36%3Ageneral-school-news&Itemid=112&lang=en|website=Llanfyllin High School|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=May 2023}}

The school closed in 2020, merging with Llanfyllin Community Primary School to form an [[all-through school]], [[Ysgol Llanfyllin]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheehan |first1=Rory |title=Llanfyllin's new all-through school opens its doors |url=https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/18689662.llanfyllins-new-all-through-school-opens-doors/ |access-date=23 May 2023 |work=Powys County Times |date=1 September 2020}}</ref>

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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20041113200101/http://www.llanfyllin-hs.powys.sch.uk/ Official website] *[http://www.pyb.org.uk/friends1001.html Friends of Llanfyllin High School] *[https://www.estyn.gov.wales/provider/6664001 Llanfyllin High School] at [[Estyn]]

[[Category:Secondary schools in Powys]] [[Category:Llanfyllin]] [[Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 2020]]