A community near Brecon will hold a protest walk as it continues to fight against the closure of its primary school.
Organised by Powys councillor Iain McIntosh, the protesters will march from Cradoc Primary School to the Powys County Council offices on Cambrian Way in Brecon .
The Yscir councillor made ripples in the county towards the end of last year with his shock resignation from the Powys cabinet and the Conservative Group within Powys council just seconds after the cabinet voted to close Cradoc Primary School.
When he resigned, Cllr McIntosh - who has been very vocal in his opposition to the closure plans - said he would fight to save the school.
The protest walk, which is around three miles long, is set to take place on Saturday, January 29 from 11am until 1pm.
On the official online event page, Cllr McIntosh said: “This is a protest walk, from Cradoc Primary School, to the Powys County Council offices, Cambrian Way, in Brecon, to protest against the decision made on 14th December 2021, by fiveIndependent and two Conservative Cabinet members, to close Cradoc Primary School.
“A letter containing 25 reasons of objection, signed by everyone in attendance, will be delivered to Powys County Council at the end of the walk.
“Adults and older children will be able to join the walk at the start in Cradoc. Younger children will be able to join the walk from Brecon Town centre, to finish the last part along the Watton to Cambrian Way.”
The plans by Powys council will see Cradoc primary merged with Mount Street Infants school and Mount Street Juniors school in Brecon.
The proposal is for a new 360-place English-medium primary at Penlan, the former site of Brecon High School.
A Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) and a community swimming pool would also be part of the scheme which could be built on the site of the old Brecon High School.
Consultation on the proposal took place between February 25 and May 12 last year..
The plans put forward that merging the Mount Street schools and Cradoc into a “new primary school” would happen by September 2023. Pupils would then transfer to a new school building in 2025/26.
The whole scheme, which includes a new 180 place dual-stream primary school in Sennybridge - replacing the current building there - is estimated to cost £32 million.
For more information about the protest walk, including updates from Cllr McIntosh on the walk and its progress, visit the Cradoc School Protest Walk event page on Facebook by clicking here.