Issue - meetings

To submit a report by the Director of Education, Skills and Young People.

It was resolved to approve Option 2 namely to merge the existing Ysgol Talwrn catchment area with the Ysgol y Graig catchment area.

The report of the Director of Education, Skills and Young People incorporating a review of the catchment areas of Ysgol Talwrn and Ysgol y Graig was presented for the Executive’s consideration.

The report was introduced by Councillor Dafydd Roberts, Portfolio Member for Education and the Welsh Language. The review of the catchment areas of Ysgol Talwrn and Ysgol y Graig formed part of the proposal agreed by the Executive in December, 2020 to increase the capacity of Ysgol Y Graig to take pupils from Ysgol Talwrn and to close Ysgol Talwrn.

The Director of Education, Skills and Young People outlined the two possible options the one involving the transfer of a northern and southern stretch of Ysgol Talwrn’s existing catchment area to Ysgol Llanbedrgoch and Ysgol Pentraeth catchments respectively and combining the remainder with the Ysgol y Graig catchment (option 1), with the other option being to combine the whole of the existing Ysgol Talwrn catchment with the Ysgol y Graig catchment (option 2). Based on an analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of each option as detailed in the report, the preferred option is option 2 on the reasoning that Ysgol y Graig is in the same secondary catchment area as Ysgol Talwrn, pupils will transfer to the same secondary school as their friends and possibly older siblings. Option 2 is also more cost efficient for the Council and will reduce carbon emissions.

It was resolved to approve Option 2 namely to merge the existing Ysgol Talwrn catchment area with the Ysgol y Graig catchment area.