Rural School Closures

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:40 pm on 19 September 2018.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 1:40, 19 September 2018

Cabinet Secretary, I've heard, in relation to the proposed transfer/closure of Llancarfan Primary School, which my colleague has just referred to, that the issue of access to the school building programme requires schools, often, to be built on new sites and schools to be consolidated or expanded. This is a real problem for schools in rural communities, where there may be a constrained site, no alternative available and where money is not available for adaptation—you've just got to go with a comprehensive new build—and this restricts the choices that local authorities have, especially when they want to increase the viability of our smaller, rural schools. Will you look at the building programme?