Controversial plans to close to close three schools in the Swansea Valley are being reconsidered as Neath Port Talbot Council says it is seeking alternative ways to bring 21st Century School standards to the area.
Three Swansea Valley schools had been earmarked for closure in 2024 by the then Labour-run council, sparking major concerns from local residents. Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for South Wales West, Sioned Williams, described the plans at the time as "utterly undemocratic and quite frankly shameful".
Labour lost overall control of the council in the recent local elections in May, 2022, and the authority is now run by a 'Rainbow Coalition' from the Independent, Plaid Cymru and Dyffryn Independent groups which have agreed to share power. And the council has announced an update on the proposed schools reorganisation decision, which would have seen pupils transferred to a new super-school at Parc Ynysderw, Pontardawe. You can read more more stories about Neath Port Talbot by clicking here.
