Work underway at new site for Ysgol Carreg Emlyn

Work has begun to develop a new single site school for Ysgol Carreg Emlyn, currently located on two sites at Clocaenog and Cyffylliog.

The new building will be located on a brand new site opposite the current Clocaenog site.

To mark the start on site school staff, pupils, councillors and community council members attended a turf cutting at the site.

Councillor Huw Hilditch-Roberts, the Council’s lead member for Education, Children and Young People and the Welsh Language, said: “Work starting on the new school is tremendous news for pupils at Ysgol Carreg Emlyn and for future generations living in Clocaenog, Cyffylliog and the surrounding areas.

“It was great to see pupils, teachers and community leaders join together for the turf cutting at the new school site.

“We recognise this has been a long time coming but we are delivering on our promise to press ahead with these ambitious plans.

“Making Denbighshire a place where younger people want to live and making sure they have the skills to do so is a priority in our Corporate Plan and this new school helps us achieve that.”

In the coming weeks work will progress to the ground works for the foundations of the building and cut and fill works will progress for the external areas.

The project is being funded by the Council and the Welsh Government through its 21st Century Schools and Education Capital Programme.

Wynne Construction are the main contractors appointed to carry out the works.