THIS IS THE BLOG OF COLIN JONES, RHYL TOWN COUNCILLOR: BODFOR WARDl
The opinions expressed in this blog are entirely my own and not the views of the town council.
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Teachers at Rhyl High comprehensive school in Grange Road went on strike recently in protest against a plan under which the school would lose its sixth form. A proposal dating back a couple of years would put the sixth form of Rhyl High and the sixth form of Catholic school Blessed Edward Jones' together on a new site linked to Llandrillo College.
Implementing the proposal would mean that both schools would lose status and some teachers would lose jobs. The change has the support of the Welsh Assembly Government’s education minister and the county council. Rhyl Town Council has no direct involvement in the matter, and I can offer blog readers no view of my own other than a slight worry about Llandrillo College’s expansionist tendencies.
Llandrillo College, like Clwyd Alyn Housing Association, appears to have access to vast amounts of grant aid and may become similarly bloated and over-extended. Llandrillo College is already involved in nearly 200 learning venues across Denbighshire and Conwy and seems likely to take over Coleg Meirion Dwyfor which operates as far away as Glynllifon (near Caernarfon), Pwllheli and Dolgellau.
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