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Two schools could cement ties by becoming single ‘primary campus’

News | Nicholas Thomas - Local Democracy Reporting Service | Published: 13:26, Tuesday July 16th, 2024.
Last updated: 14:30, Tuesday July 16th, 2024

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Hendre Infants School, Trecenydd
Hendre Infants School, Trecenydd

Two Caerphilly schools could join to become a single institution, formalising “a successful collaboration” in recent years that will hopefully improve pupil achievement.

Hendre Infants School and Hendre Junior School will become a single primary school, under new proposals for amalgamation announced by Caerphilly County Borough Council.

The move will be a “formal and legal agreement” rather than any physical changes, and both school sites would remain open as two branches of a single primary campus. The schools already share a headteacher.

Just over 100 metres separate the two schools, which are on opposite sides of St Cenydd Road, Trecenydd.

A new report shows the schools have been “working in collaboration for a number of years”, and their amalgamation into a single primary for children aged three to 11 would promote “closer working relationships”.

Support for deal to strengthen schools’ ties and share staff

Advantages include the creation of a “single school entity with one consistent vision and ethos, continuity, progression of learning through a seamless transition, shared teaching expertise and more effective deployment of resources”, according to Caerphilly Council.

The new primary school would operate with a single budget and a new, single governing body.

The council said the amalgamation would represent “a willingness to do things differently for the added benefit of all pupils, their wellbeing and achievements”.

Members of the council’s education committee are expected to discuss the proposals on Tuesday July 16, before cabinet members open the plan up to public consultation.


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