village in the summer and is also used by divers and boating people. Crab and lobster fishing continues on a small scale. In 2006 orcas and harbour porpoises were seen, but such sightings are rare. Even rarer was a turtle seen in 2005. Sunfish and basking sharks are sometimes seen offshore in the summer. Bottle nose dolphins are a common sight offshore, by the MoD site from April each year. Apart from tourism, the main local employer is the Ministry of Defence at the Qinetiq missile range. ParcAberporth technology park hosts organisations involved in the sectors of defence, aerospace and the technology of UAVs known as drones. ParcAberporth is linked with the research facilities at Aberystwyth University. Aberporth Airport is being developed as West Wales Airport for domestic flights, and as a centre for the deployment of civil and military drones. The airport underwent major improvements in 2008, which extended the runway from . Education Aberporth School, established in 1834, had 31 pupils in 1836. In 1854, a building for 110 pupils was built; average attendance in 1904 was 68. It was a national school providing elementary education, in accordance with the teaching of the Church of England, to the children of the poor. In 1926, it became a Church of England school. In 1915, a council school was established. Ysgol Gymunedol Aberporth is the present-day primary school in Aberporth. There were 122 pupils on the roll in 2013. Only 12 per cent came from homes where Welsh was the main language (down from 16 per cent in 2007). It was in the A/B category according to the Local Education Authority's language policy in 2001, but by 2007, it had changed into a category A school, meaning that Welsh is now the main language of teaching there. Notable people The Village is notable for producing four Welsh Rugby internationals and one British and Irish Lion: Ricky Evans (born 1960), Welsh rugby union international, was born in Aberporth. Wayne Proctor (born 1972), Welsh rugby union international, raised in Aberporth. Paul Ringer (born 1948), Welsh rugby union international, raised in Aberporth. Brynmor Williams (born 1951), Welsh rugby union international and British and Irish Lion, was raised in Aberporth. Weather station The Met Office has a weather station at Aberporth. It is one of the 22 coastal locations whose reports are included in the BBC Shipping Forecast. Data goes back to 1941. Typically,