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A bilingual comprehensive school in West Wales
Stryd Y Fro, Aberaeron, Ceredigion, SA46 0DT
1910- Two news classrooms added.
1923 School closed for 8 weeks because of a teachers strike.
1929 - further additions.
1945- Gymnasium opened
1946 272 pupils,12 full time teachers
1950- foundation stone laid for new building - hall,staff rooms. classrooms, workshops, and laboratories.
Opened on the 20th December 1951 as Aberaeron County School.
1970 School becomes a Comprehensive.
1985- newspaper reports on substantial deterioration of the school buildings.
1997- 60% of pupils at the school are taught in 20 mobile classrooms. Work starts on rebuilding the school, starting with a new staff car park. Later work included a music block, sixth form area, technology extension - planned completion 1999.
In August 2014, named number one in Wales after a stringent evaluation involving all 217 Welsh secondary schools - in WalesOnline's new performance tables. Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron’s feat is made all the more remarkable, given its startling resurgence. In 2013’s inaugural WalesOnline rankings, the school in Ceredigion – which itself is ranked the nation’s best local education authority – was ranked a lowly 153rd in Wales.
Sources
- 1951 Opening Ceremony Booklet.
- Newspaper reports '