Calls for complete rebuild of town’s crumbling school

COUNCILLORS have endorsed calls for extensive building improvements or a complete rebuild at Tenby’s Ysgol Greenhill, where urgent repair work commenced earlier this year following the discovery of more than 700 structural defects.

- ROBERT HARRIES Reporter BRUCE SINCLAIR LD reporter

> Ysgol Greenhill, Tenby

Members of a Pembrokeshire County Council committee examined a July inspection carried out by the schools scrutiny panel at Greenhill School in Tenby.

The institution educates around 900 pupils and has been led by headteacher David Haynes since 2021, when the establishment was placed under special measures.

Special measures status was lifted in 2022.

Both staff and pupils highlighted concerns about the building’s condition during the panel's visit, according to a report presented to members, with construction activity taking place throughout the scrutiny assessment.

Emergency repair work began at the school earlier this year, with a contract exceeding £0.5m allocated for critical maintenance after more than 700 building faults were identified.