CARMARTHENSHIRE County Council’s Cabinet has agreed to issue a statutory notice to close Ysgol Meidrim and Ysgol Y Fro following a consultation period with both school communities.
The statutory notice period will begin in June 2026.
This decision follows a formal consultation period with pupils, teachers, parents, governors and the wider community surrounding both schools from January 16 to March 2, 2026.
Both schools have been identified based on criteria set out within the Modernising Education Programme, approved by Cabinet on November 18, 2024:
- Extremely low pupil numbers at each school
- High surplus places
- High number of pupils living within catchment are attending other schools
- Pupil projections suggest that there is little likelihood of pupil numbers increasing dramatically over the next few years
- Deficit budget or projected deficit budget within the next financial year resulting in unsustainable financial situation
Carmarthenshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education, Cllr Glynog Davies, said: “Today’s difficult decision to issue statutory notices to discontinue both Ysgol Meidrim and Ysgol Y Fro has not been taken lightly.
“However, significant financial pressures and low pupil numbers with a high surplus of places in both schools has forced Cabinet to come to this conclusion.”
