CAMPAIGNERS fighting to protect Ysgol Llangynfelyn will consider whether to push for a judicial review after Ceredigion councillors voted to close the school.

Despite over 180 objections and a detailed objection report from school governors, 20 councillors voted to approve the closure with just nine members voting against a closure and one abstention.

That is despite a range of concerns being raised by objectors to the closure, including youngsters now facing having to travel to alter­native schools in Talybont or Borth and questions over whether pupil numbers will go up in future years.

Barry Rees, of the education depa­rtment, told councillors that Llangynfelyn currently has more than 61 per cent of its available places unfilled and warned that the council has been set a strict target by the Welsh Government in terms of slashing the number of surplus places in the county’s schools.

But governors and campaigners have insisted that the council’s projections on pupil numbers are not valid and that more pupils would be entering the school if the council had not initiated the closure process.

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