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  • Get involved    Consultations    21st Century Schools Consultation – Trinity Fields Special School and Resource Centre

21st Century Schools – Trinity Fields Special School and Resource Centre

Overview

Caerphilly County Borough Council has embarked upon an exciting but challenging journey of improvement and change.

Schools in Wales need to be in good condition and suitable for the delivery of education.  In some cases, schools can be modernised, repaired, refurbished, extended, or partially rebuilt to meet the standards needed for contemporary teaching and learning. However, some existing schools are no longer in the right place and in such cases we might propose new schools or changes to existing schools.

We aspire to continue to raise school standards and improve the quality of the learning environment to create fit-for-purpose 21st century schools and give every child in Caerphilly the best possible start in life.

Proposal

Trinity Fields School has been identified as a priority site for development.
The Council wishes to make a ‘regulated alteration’ to a Special school.

Caerphilly County Borough Council consulted on the proposal to:

  • Expand the existing Trinity Fields School and Resource Centre, via a new building extension and outdoor play space with an anticipated completion date of September 2023.

Consultation

Our consultation process followed the Welsh Government guidelines as set out in the School Organisation Code 2018. 

Proposals must be published when we make a ‘regulated alteration’ to a special school under Section 44 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013.

The consultation process represented an opportunity for people to learn about the proposal, ask questions and make comments that will be recorded and summarised in a consultation report.

Opened

Monday 14 September 2020

Closed

Midnight Monday 26 October 2020

Why did we consult?

The 21st Century Schools and Colleges programme is a major, long-term, strategic capital investment programme.  It is jointly funded by the Welsh Government and local authorities and aims to create a generation of 21st century schools in Wales. 

The planning and development of effective school organisation proposals is crucial to the Welsh Government’s goal of transforming education in Wales and providing better educational outcomes with a commitment to increase school effectiveness, and narrow inequalities in achievement between advantaged and disadvantaged areas, groups and individuals.

Your views matter and we wanted you to tell us what you think about the changes proposed. 

Consultation documents

  • Consultation Notification Letter
  • Consultation Document
  • Child Friendly Consultation Summary
  • Watch our consultation video
  • Artist’s impression of proposed new school: Image 1 | Image 2 | Image 3
  • Consultation Response Form (Online)
  • Consultation Response Form (PDF)
  • Equality and Welsh Language Impact Assessment
  • Consultation FAQs

Consultation responses

Caerphilly’s Cabinet will receive a Consultation Report which will outline the proposal and all the comments received from the public during the consultation period.  At this stage, the members can decide whether to proceed with the proposal, make changes to the proposal or not to proceed with the proposal.

Any negative responses made during the consultation period will not be counted as objections to the proposal but as adverse comments.

Objections to a proposal can only be registered after the publication of a statutory notice which is the second stage in the proposal.

Consultation report

Consultation Report Notification Letter
Consultation Report
Child Friendly Consultation Report
Estyn’s Response

Notice of the Cabinet decision from the meeting held on Wednesday 9th December 2020

Statutory notice

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with section 44 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 and the School Organisation Code 2018 that Caerphilly County Borough Council, having consulted such persons as required by relevant legisation, proposes to make the prescibed alterations as follows: 

Expand the existing Trinity Fields School and Resource Centre, via a new building extension and outdoor play space with an anticipated completion date of September 2023.

  • Statutory Notice Notification Letter
  • Statutory Notice

Opens: Monday 11 January 2021
Closes: Sunday 7 February 2021

Determination

Pending

Final decision

Pending

Enquiries

21st Century Schools Team
Directorate of Education and Corporate Services
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Penallta House
Tredomen Park,
Ystrad Mynach
Hengoed
CF82 7PG

Email: 21stCenturySchools@caerphilly.gov.uk

Website: 21st Century Schools

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