New school at Glasdir, Ruthin

Final preparations are being made ahead of the opening of a new school in Ruthin.

The £11.2million school building at Glasdir will open on Tuesday, April 10 when the 428 pupils from the town’s Ysgol Pen Barras and Rhos Street School will move to the new site. 

Council officers have been working closely with the two schools to plan for the opening day and a further newsletter will be sent to parents in advance while staff will be on hand on the opening day to ensure everything runs smoothly.

The project is funded by the Council through its 21st Century Schools programme and the Welsh Government with Wynne Construction the main contractor for the building work.

The new build comes under the Council’s modernising education programme and is part of the authority’s corporate priority to create communities where young people choose to live, work and learn.

Cllr Huw Hilditch-Roberts, cabinet lead member for Education, Children, Young People and the Welsh Language, said: “The final preparations are now being made at the new school and teachers and students are looking forward to their first day in their brand-new school.

“This  school marks a significant investment in education in the Ruthin area and will benefit students for many years to come.

“This project will help us achieve our corporate priority to ensure young people are being supported to achieve their potential and have modern school facilities that further enhances their learning.

“I’d like to thank Wynne Construction and the sub-contractors involved in the project for their excellent work in progressing this project.”

The Council’s modernising education programme has already seen more than £56million of investment in schools in the county including a new building for Rhyl High and Ysgol Tir Morfa as well significant improvement works at Bodnant Community School, Prestatyn and Ysgol Glan Clwyd, St Asaph with a number of projects still in the pipeline.