Ysgol Pontiets
SCHOOL CLOSURES: Council to expand Pontyberem school “whether or not” Bancffosfelen’s village school shuts
Councillors sent the closure papers back once over “inaccuracies”. On Monday they reach cabinet anyway, alongside three more village schools,…
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…
CARWAY: Council weighing village school’s long-term future as £1.8m classrooms stay on hold
Carway's children started a second school year being bussed to Pontyates this month, 13 months after their own school was…
PONTYATES: Dot Cotton, dragons and miners — the village mural years in the making
A huge new mural celebrating Pontyates has been completed on the wall by the rugby club, packed with local history…
Councillors demand halt to Pontyates GP surgery closure plans as pressure mounts on Hywel Dda
Local councillors have formally demanded that Hywel Dda University Health Board pause its plans to close Pontyates’ Meddygfa’r Sarn GP…
Pontyates villagers vow to continue fight to save school
Parents and campaigners in Pontyates say they will continue their fight to save Ysgol Pontyates, despite Carmarthenshire Council Cabinet being…
Four Carmarthenshire schools face closure under modernisation plans
Carmarthenshire councillors will tomorrow consider proposals to close four rural primary schools as part of the county’s Modernising Education Programme,…