Ysgol Y Preseli is a bilingual

Multilingualism

Multilingualism is the act of using, or promoting the use of, multiple languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers. Multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of...

 comprehensive

Comprehensive school

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 11-18 school situated in the village of Crymych

Crymych

Crymych is a small village of around 400 inhabitants in the north of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village developed around the former Crymmych Arms railway station on the now closed line, nicknamed the Cardi Bach , which ran from Whitland to Cardigan.Other than the Crymych Arms public house, which...

, Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....

, Wales

Wales

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 that teaches in both Welsh

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

 and English

English language

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History

Ysgol Y Preseli was declared an official bilingual school on 1 September 1991. Before this time it was called "Ysgol Gyfun Ddwyieithog y Preseli." The school's slogan

Slogan

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 is "Cofia Ddysgu Byw", which translates from Welsh to "Remember to Learn to Live".

On 30 January 2009 D. Martin Lloyd stepped down from his position as headmaster of the school, after 19 years in the role, in order to take up his current position as manager of the National Professional Qualification for Headship

National Professional Qualification for Headship

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. Michael Davies, the deputy headmaster, was appointed the acting headmaster and in February was promoted to headmaster.

Academic standards

In the latest Estyn

Estyn

Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales. Its name comes from the Welsh language verb meaning "to extend". Its mission is to achieve excellence for all in learning in Wales by providing an independent, high quality inspection and advice service to the Welsh Assembly Government and...

 school inspection in 2008, Ysgol y Preseli was recognized as a "good school with outstanding features" point 1 on a five point scale.

The Latest inspection report by Estyn

Estyn

Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales. Its name comes from the Welsh language verb meaning "to extend". Its mission is to achieve excellence for all in learning in Wales by providing an independent, high quality inspection and advice service to the Welsh Assembly Government and...

 (2008), shows the school had a GCSE pass rate of 6% (5 GCSE's grades A*-C), and 98% should gain at least five GCSE's grades A*-G.

Eisteddfod

Ysgol Y Preseli held an Eisteddfod on the 1st of March 2011, which included the houses Nyfer, Cleddau and Taf. The event was split into two. One for the Iau (Junior) and one for the Hyn (Senior). Each of the groups had to do a performance such as singing and acting. At the end there was a choir which included every member that was present for their house.

Curriculum

Pupils must study all Core, Humanities, Creative, and Technology subjects plus French in years 7,8 and 9. Pupils in years 10 and 11 must study the Core Subjects as well as a choice of 4 other GCSE subjects. Years 12 and 13 have a choice to study either 3 or 4 AS/A Levels from any of the curriculum subjects. The Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification

Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification

The Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification, also known as WBQ or Welsh Bac, was introduced in October 2006. Where offered, the WBQ runs alongside and complements qualifications such as A-levels and GCSEs. 31 schools and colleges are running a pilot scheme...

is also a part of the curriculum at Ysgol y Preseli, pupils in Year 11 will complete the Welsh Baccalaureate at Intermediate level and Advanced level in years 12 and 13.

Core: Welsh, English, Maths and Science.

Humanities: History, Geography, Religious Studies.

Creative Subjects: Drama, Art, Design & Technology and Music.

Technology: Information and Communication Technology, Textiles, Catering, Graphics Products.

Foreign Languages: French, Spanish, Italian.

Other: Business Studies, Leisure and Tourism, Politics, The Law, Pshycology, World Development, Physical Education.