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Abbie Wightwick

Beloved school caretaker retires after 27 years at Cardiff primary

One of Cardiff’s longest-serving and best-loved school caretakers is retiring after more than a quarter of a century.

When Julie Seaward started working at Roath Park Primary in 1995 there was no uniform, no breakfast club, and no Welsh Government. The school was also less than half the size with only 210 children compared to 484 now.

She has worked with three head teachers through major changes including devolution and the pandemic. Living on site her two now grown-up children attended the school which she describes as “like home”.

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