More than £4.35m will be invested into developments at three local schools in Bridgend, it was announced this month. Bryntirion Comprehensive School, Coety Primary School, and Pencoed Primary School will all receive a share of the funding that is a part of a wider £9.9m investment into local services in Bridgend.
The funding would look to address the growing need for places at all three of the schools, with an increased demand due to a number of housing developments in each area, a council cabinet meeting heard on June 14. At Bryntirion Comprehensive a £1.8m block of six new classrooms has been proposed by the council in response to planned housing developments which are under construction within the comprehensive school’s catchment area.
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This came after a feasibility study showed that the school is currently at capacity and additional places would be required in the form of a six classroom block in order to meet the increasing demand.
In Coety Primary School a new £1.65m four-classroom extension has also been proposed after a review of pupil yield rates from new housing developments took place nearby showing there was a need. The report said: "There continues to be significant demand for places at Coety Primary School and the need for four additional teaching spaces to be provided has been identified."
Similarly, a £900,000 two-classroom extension could be built at Pencoed Primary School, after the facility was described as "significantly oversubscribed," due to its popularity. An additional £500,000 will also be given to the council’s children’s playground refurbishment programme, which provides communities with new modern play facilities at more than 100 different sites throughout the county borough. You can read more of our stories from Bridgend here or subscribe to our Bridgend newsletter here.
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