 Ysgol Friars is the only secondary school in Gwynedd that teaches pupils mainly through the medium of English.In 2016, Councillor Gareth Thomas, Gwynedd Council's Cabinet Member for Education, accepted the Service Scrutiny Committee's recommendation that Ysgol Friars should, with council support, identify opportunities to make further progress in the use of the Welsh language across the curriculum and life of the school.Traces of the older sites are seen in names of streets