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 & Skills has made the decision to approve the delay in implementation of phases 2 and 3 of the previously approved proposal by one calendar year.

Whilst the new school – Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Gwenlli – opened as planned on a temporary site in Caerleon in September 2021, delays in the transfer of the land at Whiteheads from Welsh Government to the nominated developer and then to the Council mean that building works in relation to the new school have not yet commenced. A revised schedule of works suggests a delay of one calendar year in relation to the school build project. As a result, the new school will not be ready for occupation until January 2024. 

The implementation dates for phases 2 and 3 will be as follows:

  • To relocate Pillgwenlly Primary School from its existing site to the new build on the Whiteheads development, and in doing so to increase 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 2024, and;
  • To subsequently transfer the seedling Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Gwenlli school to a permanent location on the site of the current Pillgwenlly Primary school from September 2024.

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 the Final Decision Notification Letter (pdf)