‘Ysgol Clydau is greater than only a college; it is a hub for group life, providing a protected and welcoming area for youngsters, households and residents of all ages.’
An pressing plea has been submitted to a Welsh council to stop the closure of an area college which may very well be going through the axe.
Ysgol Clydau, situated within the village of Tegryn between Newcastle Emlyn and Llandysul, is threatened with closure as a part of the proposals by Pembrokeshire Council’s College Modernisation Working Group. A full council assembly in Could highlighted a major 34 per cent dip in scholar numbers on the college from 2015 to 2025, with future projections exhibiting little hope for a turnaround within the subsequent half-decade.
Regardless of the autumn in numbers, Ysgol Clydau was lauded for making a ‘joyful, caring and welcoming group’, in accordance with its newest Estyn report. For our free day by day briefing on the most important points going through the nation, signal as much as the Wales Issues publication right here.
Nonetheless, a advice from the working group’s doc has led to the suggestion that the council’s director of training ought to start session on shutting down Ysgol Clydau.
On the identical assembly, councillor Iwan Ward passionately defended the college, asserting it represents “the guts of our society not only a college, it is household, a group, an anchor for youngsters who deserve the chance to develop”.
He additional condemned the potential shutdown as a disaster for native training, slamming it as “not honest and was not ethical”.
Launched by Sarah Farnden, the petition reads: “We demand that Pembrokeshire Council rethink its resolution to shut Ysgol Clydau and as a substitute prioritise the wants of our group by protecting the college open.
“We oppose the closure of Ysgol Clydau and name for full public scrutiny earlier than any resolution is made. We urge you to interact in a significant dialogue with the group, hearken to our issues, and work with us to seek out different options that help the wants of our kids and households.”
The assertion continues: “Ysgol Clydau is greater than only a college; it is a hub for group life, providing a protected and welcoming area for youngsters, households and residents of all ages. Its closure will isolate our group, resulting in a decline in inhabitants and a weakening of our social cloth.
“We consider small faculties to be a bedrock of rural communities, important within the survival of the Welsh language, and most significantly, as loving, centres of educational excellence for our kids.
“Ysgol Clydau offers a high-quality training for our kids, providing personalised consideration and help. Closing the college will affect the tutorial outcomes of our kids, and probably create extra hardship for households. Not everybody has entry to a automotive and delivery younger kids for miles on buses day by day is simply mistaken.”
The petition concludes: “Ysgol Clydau has a wealthy historical past in our group, and its closure would signify a lack of our collective heritage and id. There was a faculty on the location of Ysgol Clydau since 1880 (145 years).”
Any particular person residing, working or learning inside the jurisdiction of Pembrokeshire County Council is eligible to provoke or signal a council e-petition, together with these beneath 18 years of age.
Ought to the petition collect 500 signatures, the initiator can be granted the possibility to debate it at a full council assembly.
