Vale of Glamorgan Council's cabinet approved plans on December 17 to consult on moving Ysgol St Baruc to a new building in Barry Waterfront. It would mean the capacity of the Welsh medium school would expand from 210 places to 420 places, and it would also have 96 nursery places.
The public consultation will run from January 8 to February 22. Councillor John Thomas, leader of the council, said in a statement: “Welsh medium education is increasing in popularity and has seen significant growth since Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg opened in 2000. The council needs to plan its school provision in line with this.
“A new Welsh medium primary school on the Waterfront will remove the need for many pupils and parents to travel across the town to school each day. Alongside a remodelling of school catchment areas elsewhere in Barry this will lead to an increase in spaces at other schools.”
The current Ysgol St Baruc operates from a Victorian building and a two classroom block built in the 1980s. The council says there is no room for the school to expand at its current site, where the classrooms are too small for the number of pupils and the school currently uses the dining facilities at the adjacent High Street Primary School as there are no catering facilities on site.
Establishing a new primary school on the Waterfront is likely to lead to changes to the catchment areas of High Street, Holton and Ysgol St Baruc Primary schools.
The public consultation will run from January 8 to February 22. Councillor John Thomas, leader of the council, said in a statement: “Welsh medium education is increasing in popularity and has seen significant growth since Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg opened in 2000. The council needs to plan its school provision in line with this.
“A new Welsh medium primary school on the Waterfront will remove the need for many pupils and parents to travel across the town to school each day. Alongside a remodelling of school catchment areas elsewhere in Barry this will lead to an increase in spaces at other schools.”
The current Ysgol St Baruc operates from a Victorian building and a two classroom block built in the 1980s. The council says there is no room for the school to expand at its current site, where the classrooms are too small for the number of pupils and the school currently uses the dining facilities at the adjacent High Street Primary School as there are no catering facilities on site.
Establishing a new primary school on the Waterfront is likely to lead to changes to the catchment areas of High Street, Holton and Ysgol St Baruc Primary schools.
