Reorganising Gwynedd’s Primary Schools – the full Council’s decision

Gwynedd Council has today (19/6/08), unanimously adopted the following resolution:

(a) To recognise that the plan had not been supported during the consultation and that approval be given to establishing a new Primary Schools Reorganisation Improvement Working Group to establish a schools organisation model for the future this is sustainable and fair.
(b) Request the Primary Schools Reorganisation Improvement Working Group undertake the following tasks and report on the progress at a meeting of this Scrutiny Committee to be held in November 2008:

(i) to consider a new arrangement of formal co-operation between schools;

(ii) to consider the appropriateness of closing schools, in accordance with clear and firm criteria;

(iii) to present proposals to develop area schools in some catchment-areas;

(iv) to deal with any other matter which the Working Group deems relevant.
The full Council also resolved to undertake a statutory consultation period in relation to the aim of closing Ysgol Rhydyclafdy and Ysgol Croesor.