{"id":34,"date":"2026-05-18T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ionos-prawf-3.gwynedd.llyw.cymru\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:54:01","slug":"welcome-to-ysgol-friars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ysgolfriars.cymru\/en\/about-us\/welcome-to-ysgol-friars\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Ysgol Friars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_code_0 et_pb_code et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"600px\"\nsrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CuRMR4uIM2s\">\n<\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>A warm welcome to Ysgol Friars. It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to Ysgol Friars. Ysgol Friars is based in the heart of the City of Bangor next to the university and hospital. Ysgol Friars is a secondary school located in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It is a state-funded, co-educational, bilingual school with a strong academic reputation. The school has a history rooted in the former Friars School, which was originally a private school before being incorporated into the state system<\/p>\n<p>Ysgol Friars is a successful, multi cultural 11-18 comprehensive school located in Gwynedd, North Wales. We are proud of the history of our school and the values has promoted for many years. Our vision for the school is \u201cTo foster enjoyment of learning to the highest standards through the creation of a civilized community where pupils share a common set of values applicable to their local, national, and global identity.<\/p>\n<p>We work hard to make our vision a reality by encouraging staff and pupils to work in partnership, to aim high and to look after each other. We believe in hard work and high standards. We expect pupils to display good behaviour and to show respect towards themselves, their peers and staff.<\/p>\n<p>The highest quality teaching and learning is at the core of our school. We work hard to ensure that all our pupils are successful and can transition with the skills that they need to move forward with their careers. We are proud of our academic success both at GCSE and A level.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst we teach mostly through the medium of English, we are proud to celebrate the Welsh language and Welsh culture. We have Welsh medium based classes in tutors and Year 7 teaching and learning<\/p>\n<p>Every child is encouraged to fulfil their potential. We will support your child to do this and we aim to do so by working in partnership with you as parents and carers. We strive to support every pupil and have a very effective additional learning needs department that ensure that pupils with or without individual development plans can access the support that they need to succeed<\/p>\n<p>Alongside our commitment to achieving standards, we also place great emphasis on the wider aspects of school life. We believe that clubs, teams and opportunities or visits outside the classroom and school enhance young people.<\/p>\n<p>We want our pupils to enjoy and be proud of the school. We want to see our learning reflect our cynefin, our culture and our communities.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for visiting our website and please get in touch co that we can share more about our wonderful school.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Margaret Davies<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Interim headteacher<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d33wr4k5rd1pzd.cloudfront.net\/img\/uploads\/site\/_logo2x\/ysgolion_iach_cymru.jpg\" alt=\"National quality award\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangor.ac.uk\/\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bangor.ac.uk\/themes\/custom\/bangor\/images\/logo-black.svg\" alt=\"Bangor University\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/careerswales.gov.wales\/\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/careerswales.gov.wales\/styleguide\/assets\/img\/logos\/cw-logo-mob-en.svg\" alt=\"Careers Wales\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ysgolfriars.cymru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ysgolfriars.cymru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ysgolfriars.cymru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ysgolfriars.cymru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ysgolfriars.cymru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ysgolfriars.cymru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/www.ysgolfriars.cymru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/760"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ysgolfriars.cymru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ysgolfriars.cymru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}