Contractor Appointed to Construct New Particular Faculty in Mid Wales

A constructing mission that can rework schooling for weak learners in Powys has reached an necessary milestone, the county council has introduced.

ISG Ltd has been awarded the contract by Powys County Council to construct a brand new faculty for Brynllywarch Corridor Faculty.  Development on the £9.1m mission will begin early subsequent yr.

The varsity, situated in Kerry close to Newtown, gives schooling for pupils from 8 to 19-year-olds, with a variety of complicated emotional, behavioural and social difficulties.

The mission will assist the council enhance learner entitlement and expertise.

When accomplished, the council can have delivered a purpose-built and flagship group centered faculty with 72 locations in age-appropriate environments which can embrace:

• Specialist help and provision to pupils with difficult behaviour, emotional and social difficulties in a contemporary and modern studying atmosphere
• Applicable studying areas to ship the brand new nationwide curriculum
• Specialist tools, together with IT services, to help educating and studying outcomes which can assist to make sure all learners maximise their potential
• A totally geared up class base, with breakout house and hygiene services, along with a person outside studying space.

Group teams will even have the ability to entry the services out of college hours.

The Welsh Authorities’s Sustainable Communities for Studying Programme (previously the twenty first Century Faculties Programme) will fund 75% of the varsity development mission with the remaining 25% being funded by the council.

This thrilling growth is the most recent development mission that has been tendered by the council that has used the Nationwide TOMs Framework – which stands for themes, outcomes and measures – which has been developed to assist councils measure the social worth outcomes of their contracts.

The social worth ingredient of this mission has been calculated at £2.093m which would require ISG Ltd to supply substantial alternatives for native contractors in addition to ship further group advantages through the scheme’s development.

Cllr Pete Roberts, Cupboard Member for a Studying Powys, mentioned:

“I’m delighted see ISG Ltd appointed because the lead contractors to construct the brand new faculty for Brynllywarch Corridor Faculty.

“The prevailing Brynllywarch Corridor constructing now not provides an acceptable atmosphere for the educating and help necessities of pupils with vital behavioural, emotional or social difficulties.

“When full, the brand new constructing will present an atmosphere the place educating workers can thrive and supply pupils with the services that allow their must be met their wants giving them a extra satisfying and fulfilling academic expertise.

“We due to this fact sit up for working along with ISG Ltd as them flip the plans into bricks and mortar.”

Kath Roberts-Jones, Chair of Governors and Headteacher Gavin Randell, mentioned:

” The entire faculty group may be very happy that the nicely wanted new faculty is progressing and is trying ahead to working intently with the contractors and convey the varsity to completion.”

ISG’s Operations Director, Kevin McElroy, mentioned:

“We’re proud to be working with Powys County Council to construct state-of-the-art services for Brynllywarch Corridor Faculty. It’s an exemplar mission designed across the rules of robust contractor engagement to ship an excellent schooling facility that brings equal studying alternatives to all of its college students.

“Upon completion the power will present the much-needed specialist help and the educational environments to ship tailor-made classes, enabling and empowering all pupils to be educated to the nationwide curriculum – all whereas assembly essential environmental standards. As soon as open it’s set to realize web zero carbon in operation and provide vital social worth necessities that we sit up for collaborating with Powys on and maximising native alternatives.

“The supply of this mission expands on our huge expertise within the space and is the most recent now we have secured by the Welsh Authorities’s Sustainable Communities for Studying Programme through the SEWSCAP3 Framework. It follows the profitable completion of South Level Major within the Vale of Glamorgan earlier this yr, the primary web zero carbon faculty in Wales.”

Mae’r cyngor sir wedi cyhoeddi bod prosiect adeiladu a fydd yn trawsnewid addysg i ddysgwyr sy’n agored i niwed ym Mhowys wedi cyrraedd careg filltir bwysig.

Dyfarnwyd y contract gan Gyngor Sir Powys i ISG Ltd i adeiladu ysgol newydd Ysgol Neuadd Brynllywarch.  Bydd y gwaith adeiladu ar y prosiect sy’n werth £9.1m yn cychwyn dechrau’r flwyddyn nesaf.

Mae’r ysgol, sydd wedi’i lleoli yn Ceri ger y Drenewydd, yn darparu addysg i ddisgyblion rhwng 8 a 19 oed sydd ag ystod eang o anawsterau emosiynol, ymddygiadol a chymdeithasol cymhleth.

Bydd y prosiect yn helpu’r cyngor i wella hawliau a phrofiad dysgwyr.

Ar ôl ei gwblhau, bydd y cyngor wedi darparu ysgol bwrpasol a blaenllaw sy’n canolbwyntio ar y gymuned gyda 72 o leoedd mewn amgylcheddau sy’n briodol i’w hoedran a fydd yn cynnwys:

• Cymorth a darpariaeth arbenigol i ddisgyblion ag ymddygiad heriol, anawsterau emosiynol a chymdeithasol mewn amgylchedd dysgu fashionable ac arloesol
• Mannau dysgu priodol i gyflwyno’r cwricwlwm cenedlaethol newydd
• Provide arbenigol, gan gynnwys cyfleusterau TG, i gefnogi deilliannau addysgu a dysgu a fydd yn helpu i sicrhau bod pob dysgwr yn manteisio i’r eithaf ar ei botensial
• Dosbarthiadau gyda’r holll gyfarpar priodol, gyda gofod ymrannu a chyfleusterau hylendid, ynghyd ag ardal ddysgu awyr agored unigol.

Bydd grwpiau cymunedol hefyd yn gallu defnyddio’r cyfleusterau y tu allan i oriau ysgol.

Bydd Rhaglen Cymunedau Dysgu Cynaliadwy Llywodraeth Cymru (Rhaglen Ysgolion yr 21ain Ganrif gynt) yn ariannu 75% o’r prosiect i adeiladu’r ysgol gyda’r 25% sy’n weddill yn cael ei ariannu gan y cyngor.

Y datblygiad cyffrous hwn yw prosiect adeiladu diweddaraf y cyngor drwy dendr a’r Fframwaith TOM Cenedlaethol – sy’n sefyll am themâu, canlyniadau a mesurau – a datblygwyd i helpu cynghorau i fesur y canlyniadau gwerth cymdeithasol yn eu contractau.

Cyfrifwyd mai elfen gwerth cymdeithasol y prosiect hwn yw £2.093m sy’n golygu y bydd yn rhaid i ISG Ltd roi cyfleoedd sylweddol i gontractwyr lleol yn ogystal â sicrhau manteision cymunedol ychwanegol wrth i’r ysgol gael ei hadeiladu.

Dywedodd y Cynghorydd Pete Roberts, Aelod Cupboard ar gyfer Powys sy’n Dysgu:

“Rwy’n falch iawn o weld ISG Ltd yn cael ei benodi fel y prif gontractwyr i adeiladu ysgol newydd Ysgol Neuadd Brynllywarch.

“Nid yw adeilad presennol Neuadd Brynllywarch yn cynnig amgylchedd addas ar gyfer gofynion addysgu a chefnogi disgyblion ag anawsterau ymddygiadol, emosiynol neu gymdeithasol sylweddol.

“Pan fydd wedi’i gwblhau, bydd yr adeilad newydd yn darparu amgylchedd lle gall workers addysgu ffynnu ynghyd â darparu cyfleusterau a fydd yn diwallu anghenion disgyblion, gan roi profiad addysgol mwy pleserus a boddhaus iddynt.

“Felly, edrychwn ymlaen at gydweithio ag ISG Ltd wrth iddyn nhw droi’r cynlluniau’n frics a morter.”

Dywedodd Kath Roberts-Jones, Cadeirydd y Llywodraethwyr a’r Pennaeth Gavin Randell:

“Mae cymuned yr ysgol gyfan wrth ei bodd bod yr ysgol newydd sydd ei hangen yn fawr yn mynd yn ei blaen ac mae’n edrych ymlaen at gydweithio’n agos gyda’r contractwyr i gwblhau’r ysgol.”

Dywedodd Cyfarwyddwr Gweithrediadau ISG, Kevin McElroy:

“Rydym yn falch o fod yn gweithio gyda Chyngor Sir Powys i adeiladu cyfleusterau o’r radd flaenaf ar gyfer Ysgol Neuadd Brynllywarch.  Mae’n brosiect enghreifftiol sydd wedi’i gynllunio o amgylch egwyddorion o gydweithio cryf â chontractwyr i ddarparu cyfleuster addysg rhagorol sy’n dod â chyfleoedd dysgu cyfartal i’w holl fyfyrwyr.

“Ar ôl ei gwblhau, bydd y cyfleuster yn darparu’r cymorth arbenigol sydd ei angen a’r amgylcheddau dysgu i gyflwyno gwersi wedi’u teilwra, gan alluogi a grymuso pob disgybl i gael ei addysgu yn unol â’r cwricwlwm cenedlaethol – i gyd tra’n bodloni meini prawf amgylcheddol hanfodol. Unwaith y bydd yr ysgol ar agor, bydd yn cyflawni’r nod gweithredu carbon sero-net ac yn cynnig gwerth cymdeithasol sylweddol.  Rydym yn edrych ymlaen at gydweithio â Phowys ac i wneud y mwyaf o gyfleoedd lleol.

“Mae cyflawni’r prosiect hwn yn ehangu ein profiad helaeth yn yr ardal a dyma’r prosiect diweddaraf rydym wedi’i sicrhau drwy Raglen Cymunedau Dysgu Cynaliadwy Llywodraeth Cymru drwy Fframwaith SEWSCAP3. Mae’n dilyn y gwaith llwyddiannus i gwblhau Ysgol Gynradd South Level ym Mro Morgannwg yn gynharach eleni, sef yr ysgol ddi-garbon web gyntaf yng Nghymru.”