School merger decision will be made in January

A decision on the future of two Newtown schools will be made on 7 January 2020, it has been announced.

Cabinet members will consider a response to a consultation on the amalgamation of Ladywell Green Infants School and Hafren CP School on Friday.

They will then make a decision on whether to begin the amalgamation in January.
 
If given the go-ahead, the council will publish a Statutory Notice formally proposing the change. It would then be required to consider another report to conclude the process, with the new school expected to open in September, 2021.
 
Cllr Phyl Davies, Cabinet Member for Education, said: “I would like to thank all those who took part in the consultation exercise over these proposals.
 
“The outcome of the consultation exercise suggested that the preferred option is to amalgamate Ladywell Green Infants School and Hafren C.P. Junior School and to establish a new primary school on the current sites of the two schools.
 
“I believe that this proposal will benefit both pupils and teaching staff from these schools.”
 
The new school will initially operate from the two existing sites but will move to a new building, as part of the council’s 21st Century School programme, in the future.