A plan to close Mayals school has been withdrawn but not ruled out

Ysgol Gynradd Llwynderw was set up two years ago to meet demand for Welsh education, in a former canteen block at Bishop Gore Comprehensive School.

It has fast outgrown those temporary premises in Sketty.

It had been suggested Mayals Primary could close and the Welsh school move there.

Rather than rush into anything I have asked for a review of provision of both English and Welsh primary school provision across Swansea Councillor Mike Day

But parents at Mayals reacted angrily when they found out on the first day of the school term in September.

They organised two public meetings and a petition and the plan was withdrawn, although has not been ruled out all together.

Cabinet member for education, Mike Day, told BBC News Online, instead he had asked for a complete review of Welsh and English provision in the city.

He said 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.

All options

"Rather than rush into anything I have asked for a review of provision of both English and Welsh primary school provision across Swansea," he said.

"There is a declining demand for English medium education in Swansea and an increasing demand for Welsh medium education.

"At the end of the day I cannot say the Mayals issue is off the agenda but we will be looking again at all the options."

He said that the council would consult with parents, teachers, governors and other parties at schools throughout the city to find a solution.

"In the new year we will come back with some proposals which will take into account the views expressed during the consultation."

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.

'Deeply flawed'

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.

Parent Hugh Morgan said there were still fears the authority would look at closing Mayals and vowed parents would continue to fight to keep it open.

"The figures put forward by the council are deeply flawed and we will be campaigning vigorously until this matter is brought out into the open," he said.

"There is no basis for any closure of any primary school in the west of Swansea.