Gwilym Birkett is six. He likes music and cycling. But most of all he “adores school” and his friends there. The year one pupil has Down's Syndrome. His parents chose to send him to a mainstream school near his home in the Vale of Glamorgan and say it is the best decision they made.
Gwilym attends St Bride’s Major Church in Wales Primary where headteacher Duncan Mottram said “he’s an asset to the school”. Gwilym’s parents John and Kristin are proud that he has fitted in so well.
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