The new Foundation Phase Unit at Ysgol y Graig, worth £10.5 million, will open on 1 September 2024.
Work started on the new building in January 2023.
Proposal paper
On January 20, 2020, Isle of Anglesey County Council’s Executive resolved to approve the proposal to 'increase the capacity of Ysgol y Graig to accommodate pupils from Ysgol Talwrn, close Ysgol Talwrn and review the catchment areas of Ysgol Talwrn and Ysgol y Graig and authorise Officers to conduct a statutory consultation on the proposal'.
See the proposal paper
Executive decision
Following a statutory consultation period, Isle of Anglesey County Council’s Executive decided on December 17, 2020 to:
- approve the proposal to increase the capacity of Ysgol Y Graig to take pupils from Ysgol Talwrn, close Ysgol Talwrn and review the catchment areas of Ysgol Y Graig and Ysgol Talwrn
- authorise Officers to move to the next part of the process set out in the School Organisation Code 2018 and issue a statutory notice for a period of 28 days early in the New Year
- authorise Officers to undertake responses to the statutory notice producing an objection report (if any) for the purpose of further consideration by the Executive in the New Year
- authorise officers to re-publish the impact assessment on the proposal as part of the ongoing impact assessment of the proposal on equality, the Welsh language and the community
See the decision
Objection report
Following a statutory objection period, Isle of Anglesey County Council’s Executive decided on 15 March 2021 to 'approve the original proposal, namely to increase the capacity of Ysgol y Graig to accommodate pupils from Ysgol Talwrn, close Ysgol Talwrn and review the catchment areas of Ysgol y Graig and Ysgol Talwrn'.
See the objection report
Delaying the implementation date of the statutory proposal
At its meeting on March 21, 2023, the Executive resolved:
- to approve the delay of the implementation date of the proposal namely 'to increase the capacity of Ysgol y Graig to take pupils from Ysgol Talwrn, close Ysgol Talwrn and review the catchment areas of Ysgol Y Graig and Ysgol Talwrn' to 1 September, 2024
- subject to the above, officers will notify the 'relevant parties' of the decision to defer the implementation date of the proposal for Ysgol y Graig
Go to the meeting of 21 March 2023
Review of catchment areas
The catchment areas of both schools were reviewed by the Executive at its meeting on 18 July 2023. It was resolved to approve Option 2, namely to merge the existing Ysgol Talwrn catchment area with the Ysgol y Graig catchment area.
Go to the meeting of 18 July 2023
Photographs of development