rural schools
SCHOOL CLOSURES: Village nurseries could go too, Welsh childcare bodies warn
Bancffosfelen’s cylch meithrin has looked after the village’s youngest children for 50 years. Now the two national bodies behind Welsh-medium…
GWENDRAETH VALLEY: ‘Once you lose a school, it never comes back’: governors ask Welsh Government to halt closures
Three village schools facing closure have taken their fight to the Education Minister. The Welsh Government’s first reply has not…
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…
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…
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…
RURAL SCHOOLS UNDER THREAT: Carmarthenshire communities face ‘piecemeal closures’ as Council defends tough decisions
Carmarthenshire communities are grappling with the harsh reality of rural school closures, as a contentious council decision to shut Ysgol…
School leaders union urges Welsh Government to reconsider removal of Small and Rural Schools Fund
School leaders' union, NAHT Cymru have urged the Welsh Government to reconsider the removal of grant funding for small and…