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Andrew Scott wins £9m Betws school project

21 Feb 17 Port Talbot based construction firm Andrew Scott has won a £9m contract to build the new Betws Primary School in Bridgend.

CGI of the entrance to the new school
CGI of the entrance to the new school

The school was partially destroyed by fire in 2012; Andrew Scott is building new facilities, with one wing for English speakers and one wing for Welsh speakers.

Total project cost is 拢11.2m, jointly funded by Bridgend County Borough Council and the Welsh Government鈥檚 21st century schools programme.

鈥淲e are delighted to secure this contract as building new schools is an area we specialise in,鈥 said Andrew Scott managing director Mark Bowen. 鈥淭he latest development at Betws will completely replace Betws Primary School, which was partially destroyed by fire in June 2012, and the dilapidated Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Cwm Garw in Pontycymer,鈥 he said.

鈥淲orks will essentially create a 鈥榯wo schools, one site鈥 campus, with the two separate wings enabling the school to meet the growing demand for Welsh-medium education.鈥

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Once finished, Betws will provide bilingual education for Cwm Garw and Cwm Ogwr pupils. The school will consist of one wing for English-medium and one wing for Welsh-medium with a shared building in between. Each wing will have its own outdoor teaching spaces, but will share nearby woodland and playing fields. The enlarged school will also be able to accommodate an enlarged catchment area.

鈥淎s part of the project, the English-medium school will be constructed first and will provide space for 394 pupils. After that, the current school buildings will be demolished and construction will begin on the Welsh-medium school, which will have space 379 pupils,鈥 Mark Bowen said.

Andrew Scott鈥檚 education portfolio includes completed works at Broad Haven CP School in Pembrokeshire, Ysgol Maes Y Gwendraeth in Cefneithin, Hendre Infants School in Caerphilly, St Michael鈥檚 Independent School in Llanelli, and Bassaleg Arts Block in Newport, as well as Coleg y Cymoedd鈥檚 Llwynypia further education campus and Cardiff-based St Michael鈥檚 College.

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