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Objections to merging schools in Llanfair Caereinion were brushed aside as Powys County Council continues with the amalgamation.
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Councillor Gareth Jones
At their meeting on Tuesday, May 18, the cabinet looked at the official objections to the legal notice which starts the process of merging Llanfair Caereinion Primary School and Caereinion High School into an all through four- to 18-year-old school.
In total there were 31 objections, some of which complained that Llanfair Caereinion could become the Welsh medium secondary school for the Severn Valley area, when other sites might be better suited geographically.
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A general view of Llanfair Caereinion High School on Tuesday, July 10, 2018.Pic: Mike Sheridan/County Times.MS160-2018. PLANS to merge two schools in north Powys to create a new all-age school could be implemented if given the go-ahead by Cabinet next week, the county council has said. Powys County Council wants to establish a new all-age school in Llanfair Caereinion, which would see the closure of Llanfair Caereinion C.P. School and Caereinion High School. It would mean a new, aged four to 18 all-age school would be implemented on the same sites from September 2022. Councillor Phyl Davies, Cabinet member for education and property, believes the plans would be beneficial for both staff and pupils.
No sixth forms will be closed as part of a long-awaited reorganisation of post-16 education in Powys, which is set to begin this month. On Wednesday, May 12, Powys County Council’s learning and skills scrutiny committee will discuss the second phase of the Strategy for Transforming Education in Powys, which focuses on sixth form education. The proposals suggest a big change in the way pupils receive their courses, with more emphasis on web-based learning from a home base – most likely the school where pupils did their GCSEs. But with less duplication of courses expected across the county, pupils could receive their lessons at another school in the cluster or online.