Ysgol Brynhyfryd is a bilingual co-educational comprehensive school in the town of Ruthin in Denbighshire, North Wales. The school serves the community of Ruthin and the many surrounding villages including the rural districts of Corwen, Carrog and Gwyddelwern. The bilingual ethos reflects the community it serves.
The school currently has 1221 pupils on roll, including 206 in the Sixth Form. Brynhyfryd is a naturally bilingual school which has; in Years 7&8; three Welsh forms: H/Y/C, one Bilingual form: N and five English forms: B/R/F/D/S. The school is considered as a successful school with 68% of pupils leaving with at least five A*-C GCSE grades due to the last Estyn Inspection Report.
Ysgol Brynhyfryd is a bilingual secondary school for 11 - 18 year olds which was founded in 1898 under the name of "Ruthin County School for Girls". It became co-educational, as "Brynhyfryd School", in 1938, and formally became a comprehensive school, using the Welsh form of the name in the early 1970s.
Read more about Ysgol Brynhyfryd: Departments and Main Staff, Feeder Schools