Education delivered through the medium of the Welsh language is known as Welsh medium education (Welsh:Addysg Gyfrwng Cymraeg).
Welsh medium education should be distinguished from the teaching of the Welsh language itself as an academic subject. Welsh as a subject is taught as a first language in Welsh medium schools. In English medium schools it is taught as a second language and became compulsory for all pupils in Wales at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 (up to age 14) in 1990. In 1999, it became a compulsory subject for Key Stage 4 pupils (GCSE (ages 15 and 16)). Provision of Welsh as a subject in independent (private) schools is less widespread — only a few provide it, and it is taught as a second language. There is no private designated Welsh-medium school in Wales, although one does exist in London, known as the London Welsh School.
Roughly a quarter of schoolchildren in Wales now receive their education through the medium of Welsh. Children wishing to join a Welsh medium school do not have to speak Welsh to attend if they are young enough to learn the language quickly. Ysgol Glan Clwyd is an example: although 70% of the pupils attending this school come from homes where English is the main or only language, 95% of pupils finish their education speaking Welsh as proficiently as a native speaker. Ysgol Glan Clwyd was the first Welsh-medium secondary (comprehensive) school, and opened in Rhyl in 1956.
Film highlighting the benefits of Welsh Medium Education with contributions from parents, teachers and pupils - this film is in English only
published: 17 Oct 2014
Addysg Cyfrwng Cymraeg - Welsh-medium education
llyw.cymru/cymraeg
published: 06 Sep 2016
Welsh-medium education: Embrace It
published: 20 Dec 2017
Considering Welsh Medium Education?
A short video on why parents intend on or have chosen Welsh medium education for their children.
published: 03 Sep 2019
Addysg Cyfrwng Cymraeg Sir Benfro/ Welsh Medium Education in Pembrokeshire
published: 04 Jul 2022
UKIP Debate on Welsh Medium Education
Neil Hamilton AM leads a debate on Welsh Medium Education, and specifically bringing to the attention of the National Assembly - a flawed consultation in relation to Llangennech Junior School. 29.3.17
published: 31 Mar 2017
Extra £30m for Welsh-medium education (11/03/21)
The Welsh Government has today announced an extra £30m to develop new Welsh-medium education.
The investment aims to increase capacity in Welsh-medium schools, support the early immersion of Welsh language skills, and help learners in English-medium and bilingual schools improve their skills and confidence.
published: 11 Mar 2021
Support Avenues within Welsh medium education – case study video.
We asked a variety of Welsh and non-Welsh speaking parents about their experiences of sending their children through Welsh-medium education.
published: 07 Feb 2023
Aberystwyth University SLTAs 2015 - Award for Excellence in Welsh Medium Education
Aberystwyth University, on the west coast of Wales, is your place to study, explore and grow. Since 1872, we’ve built a global reputation for teaching excellence and groundbreaking research. Today, we welcome students from all over the world to our undergraduate, postgraduate, pgce and mba courses and our friendly, outward-looking community. Awarded Welsh University of the Year (Good University Guide, The Times and Sunday Times 2020) and University of the Year for Teaching Quality (Good University Guide, The Times and The Sunday Times 2018, 2019 and 2021), Aberystwyth is rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF 2018) and is one of the best universities in the UK for student satisfaction (National Student Satisfaction Survey 2020). This is a special place. T...
published: 21 May 2015
Wales This Week - Welsh Medium Education Causes Retardation Shock Claim
An older episode of Wales This Week, where the claim is made that apparently, being educated through the medium of Welsh rather than English causes retardation in young children. Apologies for the first few seconds, bit of trouble encoding the video. Enjoy.
Neil Hamilton AM leads a debate on Welsh Medium Education, and specifically bringing to the attention of the National Assembly - a flawed consultation in relati...
Neil Hamilton AM leads a debate on Welsh Medium Education, and specifically bringing to the attention of the National Assembly - a flawed consultation in relation to Llangennech Junior School. 29.3.17
Neil Hamilton AM leads a debate on Welsh Medium Education, and specifically bringing to the attention of the National Assembly - a flawed consultation in relation to Llangennech Junior School. 29.3.17
The Welsh Government has today announced an extra £30m to develop new Welsh-medium education.
The investment aims to increase capacity in Welsh-medium schools,...
The Welsh Government has today announced an extra £30m to develop new Welsh-medium education.
The investment aims to increase capacity in Welsh-medium schools, support the early immersion of Welsh language skills, and help learners in English-medium and bilingual schools improve their skills and confidence.
The Welsh Government has today announced an extra £30m to develop new Welsh-medium education.
The investment aims to increase capacity in Welsh-medium schools, support the early immersion of Welsh language skills, and help learners in English-medium and bilingual schools improve their skills and confidence.
Aberystwyth University, on the west coast of Wales, is your place to study, explore and grow. Since 1872, we’ve built a global reputation for teaching excellenc...
Aberystwyth University, on the west coast of Wales, is your place to study, explore and grow. Since 1872, we’ve built a global reputation for teaching excellence and groundbreaking research. Today, we welcome students from all over the world to our undergraduate, postgraduate, pgce and mba courses and our friendly, outward-looking community. Awarded Welsh University of the Year (Good University Guide, The Times and Sunday Times 2020) and University of the Year for Teaching Quality (Good University Guide, The Times and The Sunday Times 2018, 2019 and 2021), Aberystwyth is rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF 2018) and is one of the best universities in the UK for student satisfaction (National Student Satisfaction Survey 2020). This is a special place. This is your place.
For more information, visit: http://www.aber.ac.uk
Follow us on:
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Aberystwyth University, on the west coast of Wales, is your place to study, explore and grow. Since 1872, we’ve built a global reputation for teaching excellence and groundbreaking research. Today, we welcome students from all over the world to our undergraduate, postgraduate, pgce and mba courses and our friendly, outward-looking community. Awarded Welsh University of the Year (Good University Guide, The Times and Sunday Times 2020) and University of the Year for Teaching Quality (Good University Guide, The Times and The Sunday Times 2018, 2019 and 2021), Aberystwyth is rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF 2018) and is one of the best universities in the UK for student satisfaction (National Student Satisfaction Survey 2020). This is a special place. This is your place.
For more information, visit: http://www.aber.ac.uk
Follow us on:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AberystwythU...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AberUni\
An older episode of Wales This Week, where the claim is made that apparently, being educated through the medium of Welsh rather than English causes retardation ...
An older episode of Wales This Week, where the claim is made that apparently, being educated through the medium of Welsh rather than English causes retardation in young children. Apologies for the first few seconds, bit of trouble encoding the video. Enjoy.
An older episode of Wales This Week, where the claim is made that apparently, being educated through the medium of Welsh rather than English causes retardation in young children. Apologies for the first few seconds, bit of trouble encoding the video. Enjoy.
Neil Hamilton AM leads a debate on Welsh Medium Education, and specifically bringing to the attention of the National Assembly - a flawed consultation in relation to Llangennech Junior School. 29.3.17
The Welsh Government has today announced an extra £30m to develop new Welsh-medium education.
The investment aims to increase capacity in Welsh-medium schools, support the early immersion of Welsh language skills, and help learners in English-medium and bilingual schools improve their skills and confidence.
Aberystwyth University, on the west coast of Wales, is your place to study, explore and grow. Since 1872, we’ve built a global reputation for teaching excellence and groundbreaking research. Today, we welcome students from all over the world to our undergraduate, postgraduate, pgce and mba courses and our friendly, outward-looking community. Awarded Welsh University of the Year (Good University Guide, The Times and Sunday Times 2020) and University of the Year for Teaching Quality (Good University Guide, The Times and The Sunday Times 2018, 2019 and 2021), Aberystwyth is rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF 2018) and is one of the best universities in the UK for student satisfaction (National Student Satisfaction Survey 2020). This is a special place. This is your place.
For more information, visit: http://www.aber.ac.uk
Follow us on:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AberystwythU...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AberUni\
An older episode of Wales This Week, where the claim is made that apparently, being educated through the medium of Welsh rather than English causes retardation in young children. Apologies for the first few seconds, bit of trouble encoding the video. Enjoy.
Education delivered through the medium of the Welsh language is known as Welsh medium education (Welsh:Addysg Gyfrwng Cymraeg).
Welsh medium education should be distinguished from the teaching of the Welsh language itself as an academic subject. Welsh as a subject is taught as a first language in Welsh medium schools. In English medium schools it is taught as a second language and became compulsory for all pupils in Wales at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3 (up to age 14) in 1990. In 1999, it became a compulsory subject for Key Stage 4 pupils (GCSE (ages 15 and 16)). Provision of Welsh as a subject in independent (private) schools is less widespread — only a few provide it, and it is taught as a second language. There is no private designated Welsh-medium school in Wales, although one does exist in London, known as the London Welsh School.
Roughly a quarter of schoolchildren in Wales now receive their education through the medium of Welsh. Children wishing to join a Welsh medium school do not have to speak Welsh to attend if they are young enough to learn the language quickly. Ysgol Glan Clwyd is an example: although 70% of the pupils attending this school come from homes where English is the main or only language, 95% of pupils finish their education speaking Welsh as proficiently as a native speaker. Ysgol Glan Clwyd was the first Welsh-medium secondary (comprehensive) school, and opened in Rhyl in 1956.
She was educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, then the only Welsh medium secondary school in Cardiff... “I was one of a handful of children from my estate in Cardiff who had my education through the ...
Welsh-medium education in schools is on the rise ... Just over 500,000 speak Welsh ... Jeremy Miles, the Welsh government’s minister for education and the Welsh language, has since met Duolingo to express his “concern with the decision”.
... here to opt for Welsh medium education by providing seamless transition from childcare to full time primary education through to Welsh medium secondary education at Ystalyfera Bro Dur (north campus).
... set out in the WelshLanguageEducationBill say they don't go far enough and have urged the Welsh Government to move towards transitioning to Welsh-medium education for all pupils.
In 2022 to 2023 as a short-term action to support the capacity building of some parts of the Welsh-medium and bilingual education workforce, we established a grant scheme for schools to develop ...
Parents may have reservations about Welsh-medium education if they do not speak Welsh themselves, for example ... In Wales, parents can opt for their children to receive Welsh-medium education, regardless of their home language.
One of the reasons for this decline could be found in the disruption caused to Welsh-medium education by the ... This has included growth in Welsh-medium education ... of education on the Welsh language.
One of the reasons for this decline could be found in the disruption caused to Welsh-medium education by the global COVID-19 pandemic ... This has included growth in Welsh-medium education ... Education is ...
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“Where we've had great success is in Welsh-medium education, and in increasing the number of young people who come to it and finding a way of doing it.“Even in a world where ...