Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade is a Welsh

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

-speaking secondary school in the town of Llanelli

Llanelli

Llanelli , the largest town in both the county of Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed , Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. The town is famous for its proud rugby...

, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. It opened in September 1977 as a comprehensive school

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...

 for boys and girls. The school currently has around 1000 students including a sixth form

Sixth form

In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...

 for those taking A-Level courses.

The school's motto is "Nid da lle gellir gwell" (not good when capable of better).

The current headmistress is Mrs. Heather Lewis, who was appointed in 2009. Formerly a pupil and former Deputy Head at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin, Carmarthen in September 2009.

The school also has a successful rugby team which competes in the Rosslyn Park National School Sevens annually. They were runners up to Millfield School in 2003. The school lost in the semi final the National Urdd Sevens Tournament in 2010. The schools year 8 team also came second in the Urdd Sevens 2011 after narrowly losing to Amman Valley School in the final.

The school will appear on S4C's Hip neu Sgip?

Hip neu Sgip?

Hip neu Sgip? is an S4C room makeover television programme for children. It is shown on the Welsh-language children's television programming opt-out, Stwnsh.-History:...

: Yn erbyn y cloc in 2011, in a cafeteria makeover which took place at the school in September 2010.

Notable former pupils

Many celebrities and sportsmen have come from Ysgol y Strade, including Scarlets and Wales

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

 rugby

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 players Liam Davies

Liam Davies

Liam Davies is a badasssDavies began his professional rugby career with the Llanelli Scarlets, and made his league debut for the Scarlets while still in the region's development squad, playing against Cardiff Blues on 14 September 2005. He made a further nine appearances in the 2005–06 season,...

, Garan Evans

Garan Evans

Garan Rhys Evans is a former Welsh rugby union footballer, who plays for the Llanelli Scarlets in the Magners League. Evans has also played for Wales. He is a fullback....

, Gavin Evans

Gavin Evans

Gavin D. Evans is a Welsh international rugby union footballer. His usual position is in the centre. In 2006, he was called up to the Welsh national squad for the November Test series...

, Phil John

Phil John (prop)

Phil John is a Welsh rugby union footballer who currently plays at prop for the Scarlets regional side in the RaboDirect Pro12.-External links:* at scarlets.co.uk...

, Ceiron Thomas

Ceiron Thomas

Ceiron Thomas is a Welsh rugby union footballer, currently playing for the English side Leeds Carnegie. His regular position is at fly-half, though he is often played at fullback....

 and Deiniol Evans (who is also twin brother of Garan Evans

Garan Evans

Garan Rhys Evans is a former Welsh rugby union footballer, who plays for the Llanelli Scarlets in the Magners League. Evans has also played for Wales. He is a fullback....

). Former Miss Wales

Miss Wales

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 and Big Brother (TV series)

Big Brother (TV series)

Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...

 star Imogen Thomas

Imogen Thomas

Imogen Mary Thomas is a Welsh glamour model, beauty queen and television personality. She rose to fame in 2003, after winning Miss Wales, and achieved further note in 2006, when she lasted three months on the seventh series of reality TV series Big Brother.-Early life:Imogen was born to Charles...

also attended the school.

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