SENIOR Ceredigion councillors are to decide on representatives to officially open Ceredigion’s new £16.3m 240-pupil Welsh-medium 3-11 school along with two other works in the county at a meeting being held next week.
At Ceredigion County Council’s Cabinet meeting of November 5, members are asked to make nominations to officially open Ysgol Dyffryn Aeron; the extension and refurbishment works undertaken at Cardigan Primary and Secondary Schools and the All-Weather Pitch at Plascrug Leisure Centre.
Last May, Ceredigion County Council’s Development Management Committee supported an application to build the new school on a greenfield site at Dyffryn Aeron, Felinfach, on the road from Aberaeron to Lampeter.
The £16.3m school, being built by built by Wynne Construction, is 70 per cent funded through the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme.
A ceremony was held to note the start of works last year, with councillors, officers, pupils from the local schools and contractors present.
Ysgol Dyffryn Aeron will open to pupils during 2025 with an official opening proposed for March, a report for Cabinet members says
Detailing the other two developments, the report said: “Extension and refurbishment works have been carried out at Cardigan Primary School and Cardigan Secondary School as part of the Sustainable Communities for Learning programme, with funding approved by Welsh Government.
“The intention is to hold an official opening ceremony in the near future and Cabinet is requested to nominate and approve an appropriate person to officially open the extension and refurbishment works at both schools. “
The All-Weather Pitch at Plascrug Leisure Centre has been developed and funded by Welsh Government Sport Wales Grant; the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Ceredigion County Council, with the intention to hold an official opening ceremony in the near future.
