Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth
- Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth
Infobox UK school
name = pagename
size = 100px
established = 1939
type = Community Primary
religion = Mainly Christian
specialist = Welsh-language
gender = Male and Female
head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr R Clive Williams
street = Plascrug Avenue
city = Aberystwyth
country = flagicon|WalesWales
postcode =
ofsted =
staff =
enrollment =
LEA = Ceredigion County Council
lower_age = 5
upper_age = 11
website = http://ysgolgymraeg.ceredigion.sch.uk/
website_name = ysgolgymraeg.ceredigion.sch.uk
Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth is a Welsh medium primary school in the seaside town of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. Established in 1939 by Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards as Ysgol Gymraeg yr Urdd, a private school sponsored by Urdd Gobaith Cymru, it was Wales' first prescribed Welsh medium school.[cite web|url=http://www.ysgolgymraeg.ceredigion.sch.uk/croeso/index.html|title=Croeso|publisher=Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth] The school started out with only 7 pupils, but this has grown to approximatley 350 today, the school expanded quickly during the 1980s & 1990s as parents began to see the value in bilingual education.][cite web|url=http://www.estyn.gov.uk/inspection_reports/YGAberystwythE.pdf|title=School Inspection 10-12 February 2003|publisher=Estyn] Today, the school has 18 teachers, over 20 assistants and 15 auxiliary staff.]Amongs it's past students is Aled Haydn Jones, a radio producer. The prominent Welsh children's author, Mary Vaughan Jones was also a teacher at the school between 1953 and 1958.
External links
* [http://www.ysgolgymraeg.ceredigion.sch.uk/ School website]
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