Proposals for a controversial new £22 million school in the Swansea Valley will go back out to consultation this month, despite a successful legal challenge held against them earlier this year.
The plans for a new-build school for three to eleven-year-olds would see a centre based on a site at Parc Ynysderw, Pontardawe, and if given the go-ahead, it would also include a new six-lane swimming pool and specialist learning support centre. The new school would accommodate 630 full-time pupils, alongside 140 part-time nursery age pupils, and would be funded jointly from Welsh Government Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme capital grant monies, and from the council’s prudential borrowing capacity.
It would aim to replace three Swansea Valley primary schools in the current catchment area - Alltwen Primary, Godre’rgraig Primary and Llangiwg primary - all of which are set to close on August 31, 2025.
