Plans to establish a new 2 form entry English-medium primary school in Pontprennau are moving forward following a public consultation which took place at the end of last year.
Cardiff Council’s Cabinet recently considered a report on the consultation and agreed the publication of a statutory notice to establish a new build school combined with the existing community centre in Pontprennau, located at Heol Pontprennau.
The new school will have a capacity of 420 places and will accommodate pupils aged 3 -11including a nursery, which will provide 48 full time equivalent places. It’s proposed that the new school will open in 2015.
As part of the plans, the Council has reviewed the school catchment areas and launched a consultation this week on establishing a catchment area for the proposed new school in Pontprennau, and on an associated revision of neighbouring English-medium primary school catchment areas.
Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning, Cllr Julia Magill said:
“We need to establish a school in this area of Cardiff in order to meet local demand. The catchment area for the new school will need to be of a size and geographical area in order to serve the school with the proposed pupil numbers, and will need to be convenient for the majority of pupils and their parents and carers in the locality.
“The proposed changes to the catchment areas are necessary to achieve a balance between the catchment area of the new school, and the revised Bryn Celyn Primary School and Glyncoed Primary School catchment areas. We are committed to driving up standards in education across the city and ensuring children have the best possible learning opportunities. These new proposals will provide additional places to serve the local area in Pontprennau and would also ensure that areas like Llanishen, Lisvane and Thornhill are more able to meet their local demand.”
Parents, carers and residents in the local community are invited to share their opinions and views on the proposals. Full details of the proposed changes including a colour copy of the catchment area map are available on the Council’s website www.cardiff.gov.uk/learning. The revised catchment area arrangements would be implemented from September 2015, when the proposed new Pontprennau School opens.
