Agenda and minutes

Venue: Council Chamber - County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys

Contact: Stephen Boyd  01597 826374

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

To receive apologies for absence.

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from County Councillor Martin Weale.

2.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered on the agenda.

Minutes:

County Councillor A Davies declared a personal and prejudicial interest in agenda item 3 Llanfyllin All-Through School.

 

County Councillor M Alexander declared a personal and prejudicial interest in agenda item 4 Banw C.P. School and Llanerfyl C.in W. (Foundation) School.

 

3.

Llanfyllin All-through School pdf icon PDF 115 KB

To consider a report by County Councillor Myfanwy Alexander, Portfolio Holder for Learning and Welsh Language.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

County Councillor Aled Davies left the meeting during discussion of this item having declared a prejudicial interest.

 

Cabinet considered responses to the consultation on proposals to close Llanfyllin C.P. School and Llanfyllin High School and establish a new bilingual all-through school for pupils aged 4-18 on the current sites of Llanfyllin C.P. School and Llanfyllin High School. Of 63 responses received, 40 had agreed with the proposal. Cabinet also had details of the discussion in Council on 7th March and responses to issues that had been raised. Cabinet was advised that the establishment of an all-through school would not prejudice any future decisions on school modernisation in the area.

 

 

RESOLVED

Reason for Decision

i)     To receive the Consultation Report and the views of Full Council in respect of establishing an all-through school in Llanfyllin.

 

To understand the issues raised during the consultation period.

ii)  To approve the publication of a statutory notice to close both Llanfyllin C.P. School and Llanfyllin High School from the 31st August 2020, and open a new bilingual all-through school for pupils aged 4-18 on the sites currently occupied by Llanfyllin C.P. School and Llanfyllin High School from the 1st September 2020.

 

To provide stability and security of local provision.

 

 

County Councillor Aled Davies returned to the meeting.

 

4.

Banw C.P. School and Llanerfyl C. in W. (Foundation) School pdf icon PDF 112 KB

To consider a report by County Councillor Aled Davies, Portfolio Holder for Finance, Countryside and Transport.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the responses received to the consultation on proposals to close Banw C.P. School and Llanerfyl C. in W. (Foundation) School and to establish a new school to establish a new Welsh-medium Voluntary Aided primary school on the current site of Banw C.P. School. 83% of respondents had agreed with the proposal to merge the two schools, with 61% supporting the Banw C.P. School site and 36% the Llanerfyl C. in W. School site. Cabinet also had details of the issues raised in the debate in Council on 7th March and responses to those issues.

 

Several Cabinet members referred to the information they had received from parents by email and indicated that they wanted to defer taking a decision so that the information could be checked.

 

County Councillor Alexander left the meeting having declared an interest.

 

Cabinet was advised that as long as a decision was made before the end of April, and the statutory notice was published on 1st May 2019, a new school could open from 1st September 2020.

 

RESOLVED

Reason for Decision

To defer consideration to a date in April.

To allow further information received to be checked.