Cardiff City Council plans to merge Tremorfa nursery school with St Alban's Catholic Primary School and Grangetown nursery school with Grangetown Primary School as part of its reorganisation of early years education provision. Both nursery schools were graded outstanding by Estyn, the schools inspection body for Wales.
Proposals for the early years changes were approved at the council meeting on 30 April. They outline plans to build more children's centres with extended services and to review the role of nursery schools, replacing them with nursery classes attached to primary schools. The council claims that 'this will enable children to take part effectively in the Foundation Phase, achieve high standards at Key Stage Two, and transfer seamlessly to secondary education'.
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