Anger as 'superschool' consultation to start all over again

SENEDD ELECTION CAMPAIGN RULES BLAMED FOR NEW DELAY

- By ALEC DOYLE

PLANS for a Catholic super-school and a merger between two Saltney primary schools have been shelved until after the Senedd elections.

One group opposed to the plans has slammed the authority for putting pupils, parents and school staff through 'hell'.

Chief Officer for Education and Youth at Flintshire Council, Claire Homard, has confirmed the consultation processes around Flintshire's school reorganisation proposals for the Catholic Diocese and the merger of Saltney Ferry and Saltney Wood Memorial Primary Schools will need to begin again after the Senedd elections have been concluded.

Those plans include the Catholic super-school proposal - which would see the closure of Catholic primary schools St David's in Mold, St Anthony's in Saltney and St Mary's in Flint plus St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School. They were due to be replaced by a £55 million 3-18 Catholic super school.