 Ysgol Borth-y-Gest on Stryd Mersey in Borth-y-Gest is the smallest of the local schools with 70 pupils.In 2009 Cyngor Gwynedd adopted a report, Excellent Primary Education For Children In Gwynedd, setting out the future for primary schools in the county.The future of the school, built in 1880, had been in doubt.