School Mergers and Closures

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:23 pm on 25 April 2018.

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Photo of Caroline Jones Caroline Jones UKIP 2:23, 25 April 2018

While holding a surgery in Maesteg, I was asked by parents about school closures in their area. They stated the new super-sized school being built in Port Talbot did not have sufficient children living locally in the area to fill the places and, therefore, children were coming from much further away and expected to fill these places. Their concern was that some children living a distance away would mean that, in one day, they would be on the school bus for almost two hours. Therefore, what discussions have you had with parents raising these concerns and do you not agree with me that that is an unreasonable expectation of both parents and children?