Welsh County's Education Exodus to Be Examined

Welsh county's education exodus to be examined

Hay-on-Wye. Image: Hay-on-Wye Town Council Elgan Hearn, Local Democracy Reporter Research needs to be done to find out why so many Powys school pupils are leaving the county to continue their sixth form education, and where they go. At a meeting of Powys County Council’s Liberal Democrat/Labour cabinet on Tuesday, May 13 councillors agreed to start discussions to shape the way post-16 education is conducted in Powys. This is an attempt to addres…

War of words over Welsh education provision for Pembrokeshire

A special meeting of senior Pembrokeshire councillors is to consider a ‘call-in’ on a Cabinet decision which has led to claims of “a bias against the provision of Welsh Language education”.