Ysgol Gymraeg Gilfach Fargod is a Welsh medium

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located in the village of

Gilfach Gilfach is the small district that lies between Bargoed and Pengam, situated in the Caerphilly (county borough), Caerphilly county borough, seven miles north of Caerphilly, within the Historic counties of Wales, historic boundaries of Glamorgan, ...

Bargoed Bargoed () is a town and community (Wales), community in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, one of the South Wales Valleys. It lies on the Rhymney River in the county borough of Caerphilly (county borough), Caerphilly. It straddles the Historic counties o ...

in the County Borough of Caerphilly. Established in 1963, Ysgol Gymraeg Gilfach Fargod was one of the first Welsh medium schools in the

Rhymney Valley The Rhymney Valley () is one of the South Wales valleys, with the Rhymney River forming the border between the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. Between 1974 and 1996 a Rhymney Valley local government district also existed (on ...

. It is a feeder school for Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni. The school's Welsh language motto – "Cenedl Heb Iaith, Cenedl Heb Galon" – translates into English as "a nation without a language is a nation without a heart". The school has 28 full- and part-time staff, comprising teachers, classroom assistants, nursery nurses, administrative and facilities and catering staff. The school currently has 194 pupils on its roll, with a capacity of 210 pupils. The aging school buildings have resulted in calls for a new school to be built to replace the current premises.

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{{authority control Primary schools in Caerphilly County Borough Gilfach Fargod