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The School recently won the Wales Quality Award "Prize for Learning". To date they are the only school in Wales to do so. The school has played host to the band the Ordinary Boys on the first day of BBC Radio 1's Star Pupil competition in early 2007 and has also seen the likes of Lil' Chris and European Gold and Olympic Silver Medallist, Campbell Walsh making appearances.
They have a successful music department, achieving many prizes in the Urdd Eisteddfod and producing high quality musicals. In 2009 they gained 1st place in the county round, progressing to the national finals in Cardiff and have won the Learner's Cerdd Dant Party Competition nationally for 4 years running. Their D of E programme is widely considered to be one of the best in the area due the sheer number of participants who achieve Bronze Silver and Gold, amounting to more than produced by the rest of the county. Estyn commented: "One way in which the school’s values are exemplified is through the provision of a wide range of extra-curricular activities such as the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, whereby the school enables a very large number of students to participate in the Award. The school has produced more than half of the gold Award winners in the county of Conwy."
The school also embarks on a great deal of charity work which recently has seen them raising money to develop a school in Madagascar, with an eventual target of £11,000.
They recently received 85% passed A Level results, 4% higher than rival high school Eirias High School. This led to a place alongside Ysgol Y Creuddyn, Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy and Ysgol Aberconwy in Band 2, in the Conwy Round of best schools in North Wales.
In the 2012 A-Level Results 93% passed
Its feeder schools are: Ysgol Cynfran (Llysfaen) Ysgol Hen Golwyn (Old Colwyn) Ysgol Llanddulas (Llanddulas) Ysgol Tan Y Marian (Peulwys)
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