Friars School, Bangor
| Motto | Foedere Fraterno or 'On with the brotherhood' |
|---|---|
| Established | 1557 |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Headteacher | Neil Foden |
| Founder | Geoffrey Glyn |
| Location |
Lôn y Bryn Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2LN Wales Coordinates: 53°13′04″N 4°09′07″W / 53.21775°N 4.1519°W |
| Students | 1204 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Deiniol, Enlli, Cybi and Seiriol |
| Colours | Black and Yellow |
| Standards Group (1-5) | 2 |
| Website | www |
Ysgol Friars is a comprehensive school in Bangor, Gwynedd, and one of the oldest schools in Wales.
The school was founded by Geoffrey Glyn, Doctor of Laws, who had been brought up in Anglesey and had followed a career in law in London. A friary had been established in Bangor by the Dominican Order, or Black Friars, in the 13th century. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the friary was wound up in 1538. Geoffrey Glyn bought the site with a view to establishing a Grammar School. In his will dated 8 July 1557, he left the property and endowments towards establishing the school.
The will had left the property to his brother William Glyn, Bishop of Bangor and Maurice Griffith, Bishop of Rochester to execute his wishes. Unfortunately both of these were to die in the following year, but they further transferred the will to Sir William Petre, a former Secretary of State, Sir William Garrard, a former Lord Mayor of London and Simon Lowe, a London merchant tailor, who were able to execute Geoffrey Glyn's intentions.
Although a school had been meeting in the city before this date, the new school was only formally established when it received letters patent from Elizabeth I in 1561. The school was to be known as The free grammar school of Geoffrey Glyn, Doctor of Laws, but because of the connection with the Black Friars, later became known as "Friars School". The letters patent established the Dean and Chapter of Bangor Cathedral as the corporation to govern the school. In 1568, statutes were adopted to regulate the schools, based closely on the statutes of Bury St. Edmunds School in Suffolk, founded a few years earlier.
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