“A school of which capacity is full and a school which carries no financial debt. A proactive governing body and staff which have sought to provide children of the village and the wider rural community with a quality of education which is the envy of many so-called super schools within the county. “The flawed decision to place Llanfihangel Rhydithon into consultation in the midst of a global pandemic shows the council’s desperation to close small rural schools, believing that the local community, due to Covid restrictions, would be unable to organise a structured response. However, this has only strengthened, and galvanised peoples resolve in the area to fight and keep their local school open.
People have two weeks left to give their views on proposals to close Churchstoke County Primary School. Under the proposals by Powys County Council, the village school would shut by September 2022, with pupils sent to the nearest alternative school The council said it is part of plans to reconfigure and rationalise the primary school provision in the county as part of its Strategy for Transforming Education in Powys 2020-2030. Cllr Phyl Davies, Cabinet Member for Education and Property, said: We are committed to transforming the learner experience and entitlement for our learners. Our strategy is ambitious, exciting and we believe it will give our learners the best possible start they deserve. However, as we start to implement it, we will be faced with significant decisions as we look to address some of the challenges facing education in Powys which include the high proportion of small schools in the county, decreasing pupil numbers and the high number of surplus pl