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£1m to be spent on Cwmcarn High School

Caerphilly Council says pupils and staff will be able to return to Cwmcarn High School following a decision by members to approve £1m funding for emergency remediation of asbestos at the site.

Pupils will return to temporary accommodation while the works are undertaken and the school could be open for reoccupation in September this year.

The council will now enter into a grant arrangement with the Governing Body who will procure, commission and manage the asbestos works at the school.

I welcome the decision and I’m sure the whole school community will be delighted that a way forward has been agreed.

We took a very difficult, but correct decision last October to temporarily close the school.

– Cllr Rhianon Passmore, Cabinet Member for Education

Cwmcarn school could reopen in September

Parents and pupils have spent months campaigning for the high school to reopen.

Pupils could return to Cwmcarn High School after the summer holidays, following a unanimous vote last night by Caerphilly councillors.

The school was closed last October after an investigation supposedly found dangerous levels of asbestos - two subsequent reports argue the building is "essentially uncontaminated".

However a report into the findings recommend asbestos removal and remediation works totalling almost £1m before the school is safe for re-occupation.

Council approves plan to remove Cwmcarn High School asbestos

The site has been closed since October 2012

Cwmcarn High School is to reopen, after Caerphilly councillors agreed a plan to remove asbestos at the site and provide temporary classrooms.

The decision was made at a meeting on Wednesday night, which was also attended by a large number of parents of pupils at the school.

Since the discovery of asbestos at the school last October, the pupils have been educated at the former Coleg Gwent site in Ebbw Vale.

Read more: Asbestos discovered at Caerphilly school

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500 parents and pupils match through Cwmcarn

More than five hundred pupils and their parents have marched through Cwmcarn today in an attempt to persuade the local council to reopen their school.

Cwmcarn High School was closed last October after an investigation supposedly found dangerous levels of asbestos.

But two subsequent reports have argued that the building is "essentially uncontaminated", so parents now say they want their children back at the site. With more, here's our Valleys reporter Hannah Thomas.

Cwmcarn students show support for school

Students sport "Keep CHS Cwmcarn Open" signs Credit: Hannah Thomas/ITV News

Parents and pupils have marched from Cwmcarn Village to Cwmcarn High School today to show support for the school.

The site shut last year after abestos was found.

Parents and pupils have told ITV News that they are worried about its future.

Parents and students of Cwmcarn High School march to show support for their school Credit: Hannah Thomas/ITV News
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