Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni


Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni is a bilingual community comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 18 years old located in Llangefni, Anglesey. Pupils come from the town of Llangefni and the surrounding villages and rural areas. The school opened around 1953 and currently has 655 students on roll.
There is a leisure centre neighbouring the school called Plas Arthur.

Notable staff and attendees

Notable alumni include Oscar-winning actor Hugh Griffith and noted English novelist Gabriel Fielding, who both attended the school when it was still Llangefni County School, Hollywood actress and Oscar nominee Naomi Watts, opera tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones, and TV and radio personality Hywel Gwynfryn. Sonia Edwards who is a bi-lingual novelist teaches Welsh at the school.

Welsh language

defines the school as a bilingual secondary school Category 2B, which means that, at least 80% of subjects are taught through the medium of Welsh but are also taught through the medium of English. However, the majority are taught through the medium of Welsh. Approximately 87% of pupils study Welsh as a first language.
As of January 2018, 70.4% of the school's pupils spoke Welsh at home.