Plans for a newly build school to improve education for pupils in Blaenymaes and Portmead are moving forward.
Swansea Council and the Welsh Government are behind the planned investment that will hugely improve indoor and outdoor facilities for hundreds of pupils.
It will also include a part-time nursery and Flying Start provision as well as a Specialist Teaching Facility for children that need additional support.
The plan is for it to open in 2031.
As part of the process Blaenymaes and Portmead schools will be amalgamated in 2030 creating one governing body with one headteacher before they move from their existing sites to the new build.
At their meeting today the council’s cabinet approved the amalgamation after hearing about the benefits to the schools and that there had not been any objections to the statutory notice.
Swansea Council Leader Rob Stewart said: “I’m very pleased that our plans continue to progress as we are absolutely committed to this huge investment that will transform education for generations of children in the years to come.
“There are processes we must follow before building work can start but the funding has been allocated in our capital programme as our investment in schools across Swansea is a priority for us and our partners in Welsh Government.
“Together we are committed to investing more than £400m in the coming years in new and improved facilities across our primary and secondary school buildings – the largest ever investment in school infrastructure in Swansea.”
Cabinet Member for Education, Robert Smith, said: “For the next five years both Portmead and Blaenymaes schools will continue to operate as they do now and staff, parents and pupils can be assured that both the existing school sites will remain open until the new state-of-the-art school is ready to move into.
“I think we all agree that better school buildings are needed to meet the needs of pupils at Blaenymaes and Portmead Primary Schools. A brand new school will bring them the benefits enjoyed by other communities where we have built new schools.”
The current proposed site of the new school will be near to the existing Blaenymaes Primary site.
