As part of the deal, the council agreed a 30-year contract for maintenance, catering and cleaning at the two sites, which was due to run until 2032.
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Schools close early as weather warnings issued by Met Office
Bargoed’s Heolddu Comprehensive, Lewis School Pengam, and Idris Davies School in Abertysswg, all closed between 1pm and 2pm.
GCSE pupils across borough wake up to discover their exam results
Across Wales, the number of pupils receiving grades between A* and C is marginally up – rising from 62.2% last year to 62.5% this year.
Summer break to bring major changes to some borough schools
As the summer term draws to a close, the arrival of the six-week holiday signals contrasting futures for some schools across Caerphilly County Borough.
Ystrad Mynach boxer set to represent Wales
A 13-year-old boxer who is the great-nephew of Caerphilly boxing legend Don Braithwaite is set to represent Wales, despite only taking up the sport a year ago.
Plaque commemorating once-forgotten WWI soldier unveiled
Lance Corporal Haydn Carlyle Phillips, a former Lewis School Pengam pupil, was gassed in the German Spring Offensive of March 1918.
“All the victims were individuals and they all had a life and a story”
To mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day, which has a theme of ‘For a Better Future’ we have republished this 2020 article detailing a trip by students to Auschwitz.
Last single-sex secondary schools in Wales to merge despite job loss fears
Members of the teaching union NASUWT held a protest outside the council’s headquarters before the decision was made.
Headteachers reassure staff and pupils ahead of proposed school merger
Plans to close Lewis Girls’ School in Ystrad Mynach, and send pupils to the currently boys-only Lewis School Pengam, are in the final stages.
Critics of single-sex school merger raise pupil wellbeing and staff job fears
Caerphilly County Borough Council has proposed closing Lewis Girls’ School and gradually making Lewis School Pengam – which is currently boys-only – co-educational by 2027.