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New Welsh-medium primary school and Pill primary school relocation

Newport City Council consulted on proposals to:

establish a Welsh-medium seedling primary school on the vacant site of the former Caerleon Lodge Hill Infant School from September 2021
relocate Pillgwenlly Primary School from its existing site to a new build on the Whiteheads development, increasing the capacity of the school for mainstream pupils from 546 to 630 and its Learning Resource Base (LRB) from 10 to 20 places from January 2023
then transfer the seedling school to a permanent location on the site of the current Pillgwenlly primary school from September 2023

Determination

The consultation passed through the statutory notice stage without objection and therefore a final decision was taken by the council's Cabinet Member for Education and Skills.

Final decision

The Cabinet Member for Education and Skills has made the decision to implement the proposal to establish a new Welsh-medium primary school and the relocation of Pillgwenlly Primary School.

Download the Report to the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills (pdf)

Download the associated Decision Schedule (pdf)

Download the Fairness and Equality Impact Assessment (pdf)

Download Final Decision Notification Letter (pdf)

Modified Implementation Dates

Newport City Council’s Cabinet Member for Education & Early Years has taken the decision to modify phases 2 and 3 of a previously approved school reorganisation proposal. This affects the dates agreed for the relocation of Pillgwenlly Primary School and Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Gwenlli. Delays in the transfer of the land at Whiteheads from Welsh Government to the nominated developer and then to the Council meant the building works in relation to the new school on the site were not able to commence until the summer of 2023. As a result, the new school will not be ready for occupation until January 2025 which also delays the relocation of Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Gwenlli until April 2025.

The proposal has therefore been modified so that:

Pillgwenlly Primary School will relocate from its existing site to the new build on the Whiteheads development from January 2025 rather than January 2024 as previously determined, and;
Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Gwenlli subsequently transfers from its temporary site in Caerleon to a permanent location on the site of the current Pillgwenlly Primary school from April 2025 rather than September 2024 as previously determined.