Hundreds sign to save rural primary

THE anxious mother of a pupil at a school that's closed in Carmarthen- shire said parents were desperate to know what's going on.

- RICHARD YOULE Senior local democracy reporter

Claire Warren was one of dozens of mums and dads who learned just before the start of this term that Carway Community Primary School, between Pontyates and Trimsaran, was off-limits due to building safety concerns.

The council has provided a bus for pupils to attend Gwynfryn School, Pontyates, just over two and a half miles away, and said at the end of August that further assessments were needed for the building causing concern, called block three.

Mrs Warren said: “My daughter is struggling and I’m ending up taking her to Gwynfryn. It’s not our school of choice.” She said her nine-year-old, Charlotte, was autistic and had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.