Cllr Glynog Davies

Exterior view of Ysgol Heol Goffa special school in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
Education

YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Parents and pupils question if Llanelli’s planned special school is already too small

Llanelli’s £35m special school has passed its public test. Now the question is whether 150 places will be enough.

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Kit Peters
Ysgol Meidrim's red-brick gabled school building behind red railings, with the school's name painted in large red letters along a front wall decorated with flowers, butterflies and toadstools
Carmarthenshire

MEIDRIM: Village school will close at Christmas after councillors vote it through

Ysgol Meidrim's 24 pupils move to Hafodwenog or Ysgol Griffith Jones in January, and Ysgol Y Fro, which has none…

The front of Ysgol Bro Banw primary school in Ammanford, a red-brick building with a Croeso Welcome sign
Carmarthenshire Council

CARMARTHENSHIRE: Parents get one week to have their say on Welsh-medium switch at four primary schools

Two of the four schools are the ones lined up to take in children from village schools facing the axe.

Four Carmarthenshire village primary schools in a two-by-two grid, each labelled: Ysgol Carwe, Ysgol Pontiets with its 150th anniversary banner, Ysgol Bancffosfelen and Ysgol Blaenau
Bancffosfelen

SCHOOL CLOSURES: Four more Carmarthenshire village schools face the axe, three of them in the Gwendraeth Valley

Blaenau was saved five years ago. Carway's children haven't been inside their own school for more than a year. Now…

A group of protesters, including children, stand on the steps of County Hall in Carmarthen holding banners and placards opposing the closure of Ysgol y Fro, Llangyndeyrn, on a wet day.
Carmarthenshire

MEIDRIM: Village school down to 24 pupils ahead of final vote on Christmas closure

Six children have already left Ysgol Meidrim. On Wednesday, councillors decide whether the school shuts for good, along with a…

Dame Nia Griffith stands with parents and campaigners holding "Ysgol Heol Goffa deserve a new school" and "ALN children matter" placards on the steps of County Hall.
Anna Brychan MS

LLANELLI: MP pleads with Plaid government to honour £27m promise for new special school

Dame Nia Griffith has written to the new education secretary demanding she confirm the 75% funding deal for Ysgol Heol…

Cllr Glynog Davies sitting outside Ysgol Heol Goffa (Image: Cllr Glynog Davies)
Carmarthenshire County Council

HEOL GOFFA ROW: Plaid accuses Labour of causing ‘unnecessary distress’ over special school claims

Carmarthenshire's education cabinet member has hit back at Labour's "£35m black hole" claims over Llanelli's promised new Ysgol Heol Goffa…

Exterior view of Ysgol Heol Goffa special school in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
Carmarthenshire County Council

LLANELLI: ‘£35m black hole’ row erupts over Ysgol Heol Goffa funding — days after consultation opens

Families have waited a decade for a new Ysgol Heol Goffa — and days after being asked their views on…

children in the school reading a book with a teacher
Ammanford

AMMANFORD: County’s only nursery school to close — taking Carmarthenshire’s last full-time nursery places with it

Children will instead attend Ysgol Bro Banw and Ysgol Gymraeg Rhydaman from age three — but on a part-time basis,…

Parents and campaigners holding Save Ysgol Heol Goffa banners during a protest outside Carmarthenshire County Hall.
Carmarthenshire County Council

LLANELLI: Consultation opens on £35m Ysgol Heol Goffa rebuild — two years after council scrapped the last one

Families and campaigners fought for years to save the 150-place special school project — now the formal process is finally…

A group of protesters, including children, stand on the steps of County Hall in Carmarthen holding banners and placards opposing the closure of Ysgol y Fro, Llangyndeyrn, on a wet day.
Carmarthenshire County Council

SCHOOL CLOSURES: Council confirms village schools in Meidrim and Llangyndeyrn to shut — but campaigners say they will fight on

Carmarthenshire Council has confirmed it will close Ysgol Meidrim and Ysgol Y Fro in Llangyndeyrn, issuing statutory notices from June…