Ysgol Eirias, (English: Eirias School) is a secondary school situated in Colwyn Bay, in Conwy county borough, North Wales. The school has approximately 1600 pupils and over 120 teachers and staff. The school’s name is derived from its location, the grounds of Eirias Park. The current headteacher is Sarah Sutton, taking over from Phil McTague in 2017, who took over from Clive Hampton in 2006. School Life Houses Ysgol Eirias has four houses. The houses are each named after a Prince of Wales adjoined to the name of a bird. Glyndwr Eagles, Llewelyn Hawks, Madog Kites and Gwynedd Falcons. Students are assigned to a house when joining the school based on their form group, and stay in that house throughout their school career. Each house is assigned colour, yellow, blue, red and green respectively for Eagles, Hawks, Kites and Falcons. There are many Inter-house competitions for sports and art. Uniform At Ysgol Eirias all students are required to wear full and correct uniform. There are two separate designated uniforms, one for years 7-11 and one for the sixth form, as well as regulations on PE kit. In years 7-11 students must wear black trousers or a black skirt, a white shirt or blouse and a maroon jumper bearing the school crest, black school shoes, black or white socks. A wide variety of ties are worn by students. Most commonly, the standard year 7-11 tie, which is black with silver and maroon stripes, and a thinner stripe in the student's respective house colour. The Sports Colour, which is a black tie with a thick diagonal stripe in the students' house colour with a circular dragon and the initials EHS in black in the middle The Music Tie, which is awarded by the music department to students who have shown commitment to extra-curricular music in school and represented the County. The tie includes a large, diagonal stripe with the dragon and initials, as shown on the sports tie, and a staff pattern bearing a treble clef underneath. One of the school rules that prohibits the wearing of outdoor clothes attracted press attention during the local cold spell in December 2010. The PE kit bears the school crest, and must be bought through the school, and consists of a while polo short bearing the crest and black shorts for indoor activities, a red/black rugby shirt, long black socks and black shorts for boys