A COLWYN Bay school has been acclaimed as being one of the top ten State secondary schools in Wales.

Ysgol Eirias’s success was acknowledged by its inclusion in Parent Power, The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2020 to the top schools in Wales. Parent Power identifies the highest achieving schools in the UK, ranked by their recent examination results.

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The guide is widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of the country’s best schools.

The rankings in the secondary school league tables are determined by the percentage of examination entries gaining A* to B grades at A level this summer, hich is given double weighting, and the percentage of entries returning A* and A grades, and those graded 9, 8 and 7, at GCSE and iGCSE. They are published several weeks ahead of the official Government tables for secondary school performance.

Ysgol Eirias achieved 63.1 per cent A-level A*-B results and 21.3 per cent GCSE A*/A/9/8/7 results.