A £37m overhaul of education in Pontypridd is set to be put back until 2024.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council have pushed back the implementation date of its 21st Century Schools programme for the town by two years to September 2024.
The plans include two new 3-16 “super schools” on the sites of Pontypridd High School and Hawthorn High School and a new Welsh medium school where Heol y Celyn Primary School currently is in Rhydyfelin.
They also involve the closure of Pontypridd High, Hawthorn High, Hawthorn Primary, Cilfynydd Primary, Ysgol Pont Sion Norton and Heol y Celyn Primary and the closure of sixth forms at Pontypridd High, Hawthorn High and Cardinal Newman Catholic Comprehensive.
There are plans for new post-16 places to be provided at Bryncelynnog Comprehensive in Beddau and Coleg y Cymoedd in Nantgarw with the Catholic option being St David’s College in Cardiff.
The council’s aim is for the new “super schools” to be up and running by September, 2022, with funding including a 65% contribution from Welsh Government.
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