Catholic Education Proposal
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is considering a proposal to reorganise Catholic education provision in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. The proposal forms part of a strategic approach developed by the Catholic Diocese of Wrexham in partnership with the Council to address a number of challenges affecting Catholic education locally and to support a sustainable, high-quality Catholic education offer for children and families in the future.
The proposal seeks to:
- Reduce surplus school places, enabling resources to be focused on teaching and learning.
- Improve learning environments for pupils.
- Strengthen leadership arrangements across Catholic education provision.
- Support the delivery of a full curriculum offer for learners aged 3 to 18.
- Further develop Welsh-medium education within a Catholic context.
- Maximise opportunities for investment through Welsh Government's Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme.
The Proposal
The proposal being considered by the Council would:
- Close St Anthony's Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Saltney, by 31 August 2027.
- Close St David's Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Mold, St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Flint, and St Richard Gwyn Catholic Voluntary Aided High School, Flint, by 31 August 2027.
- Establish a new English-medium Catholic Voluntary Aided 3-18 school from 1 September 2027 with a new name and school number.
- Enable the new school to operate across the existing school sites until a new school building is developed, currently anticipated from September 2030.
Consultation
A statutory consultation on this proposal ran from 16 June 2026 to 29 July 2026 and is now closed.
The consultation documents and the supporting assessments are still available to view via the links to the right of this page (it should be noted that some of the supplementary documents are updated throughout the statutory consultation process).
Following the end of the statutory consultation period, a Consultation Report was drafted:
- summarising each of the issues raised by consultees;
- responding to these by means of clarification, amendment to the proposal or rejection of the concerns, with supporting reasons;
- setting out Estyn’s response to the consultation in full; and
- responding to Estyn’s response by means of clarification, amendment to the proposal or rejection of the concerns, with supporting reasons.
Approval to Proceed
On Friday 18 September 2026, a draft of the Consultation Report was presented to the Council’s Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee.
Details of the meeting can be found via the following link:
On Tuesday 06 October 2026 the Council’s Cabinet approved to proceed with issuing a statutory notice to commence a 28-day period for objections.
Details of the meeting can be found via the following link:
The Cabinet decision was ‘called-in’ for further review by the Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee, and debated on Thursday 15 October 2026.
Details of the meeting can be found via the following link:
Consultation Report
Following approval to proceed, the final Consultation Report was published on Monday 26 October 2026, along with a Children & Young People’s version, with both documents available via the links below:
Details of the Statutory Notice and Objection Period will follow.
Further Information
If you have any questions regarding the proposal or require further information, please contact the School Modernisation Team:
- Post: School Modernisation Team, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Ty Dewi Sant, Ewloe CH5 3XT
- Email: CatholicEducationConsultation@flintshire.gov.uk
- Telephone: 01352 704018 or 01352 704014
Hard copies, large print, Braille and alternative language versions of documents are available upon request.We welcome correspondence in Welsh and English and will respond in the same language.