The council suggested closing Mayals Primary School

Councillors are looking to meet the need for more Welsh-language provision.

Ysgol Gynradd Llwynderw was set up two years ago in an old canteen block at Bishop Gore Comprehensive School, but has outgrown the accommodation there.

A plan to close Mayals Primary School to make room for Llwynderw was dropped after parental outrage.

Parents organised two public meetings and a petition and the plan was withdrawn, although has not been ruled out all together.

Swansea's cabinet member for education Mike Day has asked for a complete review of Welsh and English provision in the city.

He has said that as part of the review the council was still committed to providing a new site for Llwynderw by the start of the 2006/07 school year.

Parents at that school are also seeking an answer from the council on what will happen to Llwynderw.

Capacity

A plan following the consultation is expected to be formulated by the New Year.

Welsh medium primary education is currently provided in the west of Swansea at schools in Waunarlwydd and Brynmill, but neither can take any more pupils.

Although Llwynderw has only been established two years it is also near capacity at its present site.

The council said that by 2008 it is predicted there will be a surplus of 600 primary school places in the city.

But parents at Mayals question the need to close any of the English language schools in the west of Swansea, saying the council's own figures show they are operating near full capacity.