Five schools in Wales are set to change from English to Welsh medium for young children as part of a plan to boost the language. An agreement was made at a Ceredigion Council cabinet meeting to begin a consultation process looking at changes to the medium of language used in the foundation phase at four primary schools in the Aberystwyth area and another in New Quay.
All five schools – Comins Coch, Llwyn yr Eos, Padarn Sant, Plascrug, and New Quay – are currently described as being “English-medium with significant use of Welsh”. However after Ceredigion council agreed to approve the next stages of the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan that could change in the near future.
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