Ysgol Glan y Mor

To ensure education of the highest standard for all our pupils and lead them to become responsible, mature and full members of our bilingual society. Ysgol Glan y Môr is a secondary, comprehensive, bilingual, co-educational day school for pupils aged 11 to 16. It is supported by Gwynedd Local Education Authority. Our goal is to ensure that all pupils leave here fluently bilingual so that they can be full members of the bilingual society in which the school existIf you live further than 3 miles from the school, and are within the school’s official catchment area, a school bus, free of charge, will collect your child.

If you live a little closer - e.g. Efailnewydd, Abererch, a subsidised bus service is available (60p at present). Every pupil who is eligible for free transport will receive a bus pass and this must be shown to the driver on every journey. The same pass will be used throughout the pupil’s time here at school and so it will need to be kept safely. A replacement pass costs £5. It is very important that pupils behave well on the school bus. Anyone found to be misbehaving will be punished and may even lose their right to travel on the school bus.s.

We have a pastoral duty towards our pupils. We play an important role to prevent abuse and negligence by creating and maintaining a safe environment for children and young people. This substantial responsibility was placed upon us through the Children’s Act 2004 –responsibility for promoting welfare and playing a key part in protecting them from abuse and negligence. It is our duty to give priority to children in need. “Children in need “ are defined as children with SEN, problem at home, in danger of being excluded etc.

The aim of the Careers Education and Guidance (CEG) programme is to help pupils develop skills, attitudes and abilities that will enable them to undertake and cope with a variety of jobs and situations as adults. We take full advantage of every opportunity that arises during lessons and tutorial sessions to refer to the world of work and economic awareness. From Year 9 onwards, a greater emphasis is placed upon this and CEG becomes a part of the Personal and Social Education package for every pupil.

In these lessons pupils will have the opportunity to get to know and use the Careers Library. They will also start using the Careers Wales website where they will draw up an online CV. In Year 10 every pupil will spend five days on Work Experience. Advisors from Careers Wales visit the school regularly and interview the older pupils individually. They also arrange workshops with groups of pupils and occasionally arrange events such as Careers Conventions for pupils and their parents. A representative from Careers Wales is present at Year 9 - 11 Parents’ Meetings.