Carolyn
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Valleys schools 'crumbling' | Quote: | CHILDREN in some Blaenau Gwent schools are being educated in crumbling buildings with no outdoor play areas, a report says.
Up to £40 million is needed to bring school buildings in the county borough up to scratch, Blaenau Gwent council chiefs are being told.
At least four schools should be replaced according to Blaenau Gwent council's School's Asset Management Plan 2007-12 - a large-scale overview of educational resources.
It envisages a major investment programme to build new schools and repair existing sites over the next five to seven years, but says priority issues could be dealt with in the next two years.
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http://www.thisisgwent.co.uk/disp...leys_schools_crumbling_report.php
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Ian
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Does it say where the schools that need to be replaced are?I doubt if it will happen unless they're in a certain part of the borough.They'll be easy to identify once empty,look out for the fire engine closely followed by the house builder. 
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Carolyn
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| Quote: | Queen Street and Bryngwyn Primaries in Six Bells are highlighted for replacement because of poor access and facilities. Both have no outdoor games facilities.
The Six Bells colliery site is earmarked as a possible site for a new merged school.
Ysgol Gymraeg Brynmawr is highlighted as needing over £650,000 worth of repairs. The report says it should ideally be replaced.
And Waunlywd primary, Ebbw Vale, needs replacement because it would not be able to cope with the anticipated influx of new residents following the regeneration of the Corus site.
Elsewhere there are another seven schools with major maintenance concerns, such as Abertillery primary which needs £263,000 spending on it and Glyncoed primary in Tredegar which needs £231,000 for repairs.
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Ian
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Having attended Queen Street and Bryngwyn(slapped wrist,failed 11 plus),I would have to say they haven't changed much or had any significant work on them as far as I can see since I went there.Don't seem to remember having much trouble playing outside,access was less of a problem due to the fact there wasn't a multitude of parents with big 4 wheeled drive vehicles dropping off and picking their children up.It was actually safe to walk to and from school and entirely neccessary being a one car family at the time(dad in work),in fact a no car family for some of the time.As Bob Dylan said 'The times they are a changing' let's hope that along with improving the places our children attend to be educated they improve the standards of education as well. 
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emma1977
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hi i have 3 children at queens street and i think its a great school it is small but thats one of the reasons i put the kids in there a new school would be nice but not fussed on the idea of them mergeing 2 schools as it would mean bigger classes.
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Doodlebug
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I went to Queen Street school and I think it was a very good school and told it still is. My children don't go there becasuse we no longer live in the area but I keep in touch with family and friends that do. The head Mrs Toomy works hard with the children and the lessons are interesting and she provides a lot of interesting projects for the children to get involved with. They all seem to love her.
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