Tag Archives: schools

By Mark Evans Around 200 people marched on the demonstration in Llanelli on Saturday 7th of September to get the council to reverse its decision not to fund a new purpose-built school. For years, the council including the previous Plaid leader Emlyn Dole gave an undertaking to staff and pupils that a new school that would replace Heol Goffa which ...

By Dave Reid Welsh Labour and Plaid have reached an agreement that will give the Welsh Labour government led by Mark Drakeford a working majority. Labour won 30 out of the 60 Senedd seats in the election earlier this year, not enough for a controlling majority, and so has had to reach an agreement with Plaid which has 13 seats. ...

By Dave Reid The rightward drift of Labour under Keir Starmer was confirmed by Welsh Labour’s scandalous voting down of a proposal in the Senedd/Welsh Parliament to introduce free school meals for all children in receipt of universal credit. Wales has the highest levels of child poverty in the UK but under Welsh Labour we also have the least provision ...

Belatedly the Welsh government has announced the closures of secondary schools in Wales next week, but not of primary schools – yet. This was a last minute reaction to the rising cases in Welsh schools and the fact that large numbers of pupils and teachers were indicating that they would in effect boycott the schools any way so they could ...

Two million people in lockdown, virtually the whole of South Wales from Llanelli to Newport and two thirds of the Welsh population – the second wave has arrived. The Welsh government has announced strict restrictions on people’s movements, but only as far as their personal lives are concerned. If they are involved in making money for other people then the ...

By Gareth Bromhall Gareth Bromall (GB) spoke with a 12 year old pupil of Penyreol Comprehensive in Swansea about their experience of what going back to school was like last week. Penyreol Comprehensive has its own risk assessment that stipulates how social distancing will be maintained with a one way system in the school and bubbles for each year etc. ...

From the Socialist Party Scotland website By Jim Halfpenny, EIS joint secretary West Dunbartonshire (personal capacity) The experiment has begun. With shameful political expediency the SNP government in Scotland has reopened schools and brought all pupils, teachers and support staff back together in the midst of this pandemic. While their position is that everyone 12 and over must physically distance ...

By Ross Saunders Campaigners in Wales are urging the Welsh Government to reconsider its reckless plan to re-open to all children on the 29th June.   Campaign group Parents for Safety First has called an online public meeting for 6pm on Wednesday 24th June (Zoom ID:854 4340 1884). The group gained 4000 supporters on its Facebook group in its first week and organised car-convoy ...

No return to school until its safe

By Ross Saunders, Secretary Cardiff Against The Cuts This year, Cardiff’s Labour-run Council plans to short-change Cardiff schools by another £3.5 million in real terms, as well as slash £19.4million of funding from services. This includes £1 million worth of “reduced levels of community support” for people with mental health problems and learning disabilities. Council tax is to rise by ...