Council plans to shut four schools

FOUR primary schools in Carmarthenshire face potential closure, a new report has said.

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‘The council is proposing to shut Ysgol Llansteffan, Llansteffan, at the end of August 2026 and Ysgol Y Fro, near Kidwelly, Ysgol Meidrim, west of Carmarthen, and Ysgol Pontiets, Pontyates, at the end of December 2026.

Members of a council scrutiny committee were due to hear about the plans at a meeting yesterday.

‘The recommendation, as it stands, is to publish a statutory notice to discontinue Ysgol Llansteffan because it had fewer than 10 pupils during an assessment last year, and undertake a formal consultation regarding the three other schools prior to a potential statutory notice being published.