Emily Evans , Chair of Ffrindiau Ysgol Blaenau PTFA
Supporting your school
Photography : Paul Meyler
The members of Ffrindiau Ysgol Blaenau PTFA
“ This is what can be achieved if parents get together and fight ”
Emily Evans , Chair of Ffrindiau Ysgol Blaenau PTFA
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We chose Ysgol Blaenau because it ' s a small school . We tried my oldest in a bigger setting for preschool and he struggled , so we looked specifically for something smaller and more childled , where he wouldn ' t feel lost in a classroom .
But in October of 2020 , just after the children had gone back to
24 school from lockdown , we had a letter from the council saying they were in consultation to close the school . They wanted to merge it with another bigger local school . As many parents had chosen our school specifically because it ' s small ,
“ At this point , the school didn ' t have a PTA ”
PARENTKIND . ORG SPRING 2024 we were like , I don ' t think so !
There were a lot of parents who were enthusiastic about the school , but almost everyone went about it their own way . So a group of us got together , I think there were four of us at first .
We wrote a business plan for the school going forward and submitted it to the council . We also did an online social media campaign about why small schools