Controversial super school in Pontardawe is best option for pupils says council walesonline.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from walesonline.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Hannah Neary, Local Democracy Reporter
Pontardawe Leisure Centre [Google Maps, available for LDRS] LEISURE centre staff are calling on Neath Port Talbot (NPT) Council to take over the running of local services rather than transfer them to a private company. Council workers want the local authority to run leisure services but plans are underway for a private company to take over. Leisure services in NPT, including Pontardawe Leisure Centre and Swimming Pool, are currently run by Celtic Leisure, a private limited company, on behalf of the council. The council gave the company a ten-year contract to run the services from 2015, but in 2020 it decided to look for a new service provider for the next 25 years; the contract with Celtic Leisure ends in September.
Neath Port Talbot Council urged to take over leisure services walesonline.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from walesonline.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Hannah Neary, Local Democracy Reporter
Godre rgraig Primary School [Google Maps, available for LDRS] The chair of a local Labour group has resigned and left the party over plans to close three primary schools. Leon Vincent, former chair of Pontardawe Labour ward, resigned from his position in disagreement with Neath Port Talbot (NPT) Council’s plans to replace three local primary schools with a ‘super school’. Mr Vincent said the council’s consultation process regarding the school closures was a “sham” and reports by council officers were “misleading”. The Labour-led council is proposing to replace Alltwen, Godre’rgraig and Llangiwg primary schools with an English medium school for pupils aged three to 11.