Llanelli’s Heol Goffa School in £10m Delta Lakes move

A new £10m school will replace Carmarthenshire’s 50-year-old Heol Goffa special school in Llanelli.

It will be relocated next to the £200m Wellness and Life Science Village at Delta Lakes which includes leisure facilities and an assisted living village.

The announcement was made by Carmarthenshire council leader Emlyn Dole during a morning assembly.

The school provides places for about 80 pupils aged from three to 19 years with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties.

The new facility will be able to cater for up to 120 pupils, plus 80 staff.

Ms Symmons said confirmation of the move capped a successful year as the school had received an “excellent” report following a visit by Estyn inspectors in March.

Mr Dole said the only criticism in that report referred to the school’s “ageing accommodation” which was now being addressed.

It will be situated on land behind the new Ysgol Pen Rhos school and adjacent to Delta Lakes.