The Council’s Cabinet, at their meeting on 20th November, agreed to begin the relevant and required statutory school organisation consultation to close the sixth form at Mountain Ash Comprehensive School and amend the catchment area for post-16 provision to place MACS in the catchment area of Aberdare Community School.
It is proposed that sixth form at Mountain Ash Comprehensive School closes by no later than September 2026. To enable the closure of the sixth form at Mountain Ash Comprehensive School by this date, no new year 12 sixth form pupils would be admitted in September 2025.
The proposal is conducted in accordance with the requirements of the WG’s School Organisation Code (2nd Edition) (011 /2018) and as such the following documents have been prepared:
The consultation will close on Friday 17th January at 17:00.
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Director of Education and Inclusion Services
21st Century Schools
Valleys Innovation Centre
Navigation Park
Abercynon
CF45 4SN
Telephone: 01443 425014 – between 9am & 5pm, Monday – Friday.
You are welcome to communicate with us in Welsh and this will not lead to a delay.