School needs new roof just 10 years after opening

A primary school needs a new roof less than 10 years after being built.

Tenby VC school in Pembrokeshire was built in 2016 and began showing signs of water leaking in within a few years of completion.

It is unclear where the 180 pupils will go to school while the roof is rebuilt, but Pembrokeshire council is to discuss five options.

Paul Miller, cabinet member for education, said the roof failure was was "completely bad news" but "we have to get on with it".

The council set aside £75,000 in November 2024 to look at ways of tackling the roof leaks.

Options include sending the whole school to other primary schools in the area, send them to a nearby comprehensive school with surplus places or using a self-contained temporary village, either in full or a hybrid model.

Miller said the two options, in effect, were to replace the roof "or don't, and effectively abandon the site".

He added: "A roof completely failing on a 10-year-old building is completely bad news, but we have 180 children being educated in a building that is no longer fit for purpose and we have to get on with it."

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