The council itself commissioned the first report. The second comes from the Estyn school inspectors. Both came this week and both tell a similar story, not an upbeat story.
One view is that such reports on Sir Ddinbych/Denbighshire’s education will blight both inward investment and those wishing to move here, for example, to take up local employment. This will be the media's view. But is there a different view? A case of the glass actually being half full rather than half empty? For the sake of our children, should we look at this as an opportunity?
Is it more likely, for example, that both reports will stimulate a considerable future investment in education in Denbighshire? And a certain refocus? In which case, will these resources accelerate the opportunities for young people such that families will in the future have access to better resources through their schooling than elsewhere?
Specific to Rhuthun, with a secondary school that is by far the best in north east Wales, will all this further strengthen Rhuthun as the premier place to live in the county and indeed wider region?
And what additional pressures might that place on Ysgol Brynhyfryd itself, on local house prices, and the local community?
One view is that such reports on Sir Ddinbych/Denbighshire’s education will blight both inward investment and those wishing to move here, for example, to take up local employment. This will be the media's view. But is there a different view? A case of the glass actually being half full rather than half empty? For the sake of our children, should we look at this as an opportunity?
Is it more likely, for example, that both reports will stimulate a considerable future investment in education in Denbighshire? And a certain refocus? In which case, will these resources accelerate the opportunities for young people such that families will in the future have access to better resources through their schooling than elsewhere?
Specific to Rhuthun, with a secondary school that is by far the best in north east Wales, will all this further strengthen Rhuthun as the premier place to live in the county and indeed wider region?
And what additional pressures might that place on Ysgol Brynhyfryd itself, on local house prices, and the local community?