Ysgol y Llys

Ysgol y Llys creates a happy and safe environment for all the children. Our aim is to develop self-confidence and self-discipline in a caring and supportive atmosphere. The children are taught by qualified and enthusiastic staff, who demand high standards, to ensure that each child develops to his/her full potential in all aspects.

As a Welsh medium school we ensure that all children in the school are fully bi- lingual. The school was established as a primary bilingual, co-educational day school in 1975. It is a parental choice that their children attend and of the children admitted some are Welsh speaking and the remainder come from non Welsh speaking homes in Prestatyn and the surrounding area.

Welsh is the official language of the school, but the majority of our newcomers are English speaking. The first task is to ensure that they settle down and then every possible effort is made to enable them to learn Welsh as soon as possible so that they can take their natural place in the life of the school. At the end of their time in this school the children transfer to Ysgol Uwchradd Glan Clwyd.

We are fortunate at Ysgol y Llys to have extensive and attractive grounds, which are pleasant for children to play in and ideal for use in conjunction with areas of the National Curriculum and Foundation Phase. We have a new hall which has excellent gymnastics equipment and a classroom for Cylch Meithrin and Meithrin Mwy. We use the woodland area regularly as a learning area.

Taking a Holiday during term time- ALL requests for holidays during term time will be marked as UNAUTHORISED unless exceptional circumstances are highlighted. The head teacher will determine whether the exceptional circumstances applies. Parents may receive a Fixed Penalty Notice if their child has unauthorised absences (10 days or more) in term time.

The decision to close a school is never made lightly. Every effort will be made to keep the school open but several factors must be taken into consideration – children and staff’s health and safety and the number of staff who are absent due to bad weather.

In the past we have closed the whole of the school because of bad weather and have also closed part of the school due to lack of staff in some Units. Again – we must emphasise that EVERY EFFORT will be made to stay open. The fact that many of Ysgol y LLys staff live in rural areas must be taken into account, as the effects of the weather can vary greatly from area to area. This is one of the few instances where the running of the school is affected due to the weather.