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| Council leaders are to press ahead with controversial plans to close a primary school and relocate another one there. | Council leaders are to press ahead with controversial plans to close a primary school and relocate another one there. |
| At a meeting, Cardiff Council's executive decided to back the plan to close Lansdowne Primary in Canton. | At a meeting, Cardiff Council's executive decided to back the plan to close Lansdowne Primary in Canton. |
| It will make way for the expansion of Welsh medium school Ysgol Treganna, which is short of space. | It will make way for the expansion of Welsh medium school Ysgol Treganna, which is short of space. |
| The decision will now go through a statutory consultation period and if there are any objections, the education minister will make the final decision. | The decision will now go through a statutory consultation period and if there are any objections, the education minister will make the final decision. |
| Parents have already said they will continue fighting to save Lansdowne school, whatever decision the council made. | Parents have already said they will continue fighting to save Lansdowne school, whatever decision the council made. |
| Cardiff council says the city is facing the problem of falling pupil numbers but an increased demand for Welsh-medium education. | Cardiff council says the city is facing the problem of falling pupil numbers but an increased demand for Welsh-medium education. |
| PRIMARY AND NURSERY SCHOOL PROPOSALS Lansdowne Primary School to close and Ysgol Treganna to move into the building; or Ysgol Treganna to move and Lansdowne transfer into a smaller school on the Fitzalan High School siteMarlborough (Roath) and Glyncoed (Pentwyn) separate infant and junior schools to amalgamate into Marlborough and Glyncoed Primary SchoolsClosure of St Anne's Church-in-Wales Infant School, Cathays, which has 61 pupil capacityAmalgamate Tremorfa Nursery School into St Alban's RC Primary School, Tremorfa and amalgamate Grangetown Nursery School into Grangetown Primary SchoolWelsh-medium starter class at the Gabalfa Primary School siteIntegrated children's centres including special needs and speech therapy to be set up at two primary schools for Adamsdown/Splott/Tremorfa and Butetown/GrangetownIntegrated children's facilities for Oakfield Primary, St Mellons and further investment at Greenway Primary, RumneySource: Cardiff County Council School reorganisation proposals | PRIMARY AND NURSERY SCHOOL PROPOSALS Lansdowne Primary School to close and Ysgol Treganna to move into the building; or Ysgol Treganna to move and Lansdowne transfer into a smaller school on the Fitzalan High School siteMarlborough (Roath) and Glyncoed (Pentwyn) separate infant and junior schools to amalgamate into Marlborough and Glyncoed Primary SchoolsClosure of St Anne's Church-in-Wales Infant School, Cathays, which has 61 pupil capacityAmalgamate Tremorfa Nursery School into St Alban's RC Primary School, Tremorfa and amalgamate Grangetown Nursery School into Grangetown Primary SchoolWelsh-medium starter class at the Gabalfa Primary School siteIntegrated children's centres including special needs and speech therapy to be set up at two primary schools for Adamsdown/Splott/Tremorfa and Butetown/GrangetownIntegrated children's facilities for Oakfield Primary, St Mellons and further investment at Greenway Primary, RumneySource: Cardiff County Council School reorganisation proposals |
| Kristi Uphill, who has two children at the school, said: "They [the council] haven't listened to what the majority wanted, they are just listening to the minority. | Kristi Uphill, who has two children at the school, said: "They [the council] haven't listened to what the majority wanted, they are just listening to the minority. |
| "We will fight this all the way to the end now. We believe 100% Lansdowne should not close. | "We will fight this all the way to the end now. We believe 100% Lansdowne should not close. |
| "I believe the closure of an English-medium school in Canton is not solving a problem, it's just moving a problem. There won't be enough room in English-medium schools in Canton." | "I believe the closure of an English-medium school in Canton is not solving a problem, it's just moving a problem. There won't be enough room in English-medium schools in Canton." |
| The council's executive has already decided the fate of some of Cardiff's primary schools but a decision on Lansdowne was deferred. | The council's executive has already decided the fate of some of Cardiff's primary schools but a decision on Lansdowne was deferred. |
| Parents mounted a strong campaign to save the school when it was proposed that Welsh-medium Ysgol Treganna, which needs more room, should be relocated there. | Parents mounted a strong campaign to save the school when it was proposed that Welsh-medium Ysgol Treganna, which needs more room, should be relocated there. |
| A new option was put forward to close Lansdowne and build a smaller replacement on the Fitzalan High School site but education officers said this suggestion had gained little support. | A new option was put forward to close Lansdowne and build a smaller replacement on the Fitzalan High School site but education officers said this suggestion had gained little support. |
| However, education officers want to keep open the option to build a smaller primary school on the Fitzalan site in case demand for either English or Welsh-medium education "increases significantly in the medium or longer term". | However, education officers want to keep open the option to build a smaller primary school on the Fitzalan site in case demand for either English or Welsh-medium education "increases significantly in the medium or longer term". |
| Treganna is oversubscribed because of demand for Welsh-medium schooling in the area and the size of its site, and moving to Lansdowne would give it more space and ease overcrowding. | Treganna is oversubscribed because of demand for Welsh-medium schooling in the area and the size of its site, and moving to Lansdowne would give it more space and ease overcrowding. |
| Parent Simon Brooks said: "Although we really sympathize with Lansdowne parents, we think the Council made the right decision today." | |
| Mr Brooks, who has one child at the school and wants another to start there in two years time, added: "There is simply not enough room in Ysgol Treganna to educate local children who want a Welsh-medium education." | |
| "Ysgol Treganna desperately needs bigger, proper premises and even if Lansdowne closes, there will still be three English-medium primary schools in Canton." | |
| The proposal was among several involving primary and nursery schools in the city being discussed by the council's executive aimed at tackling 8,850 surplus places. | |
| Cardiff council leader Rodney Berman has said the city faces an increasing demand for Welsh-medium education but surplus places at English-medium schools. | Cardiff council leader Rodney Berman has said the city faces an increasing demand for Welsh-medium education but surplus places at English-medium schools. |