26-05-2025
Trinity Fields School and Resource Centre extension opens
The extension to Trinity Fields School and Resource Centre in Ystrad Mynach was officially opened on Friday, May 23.
The two-storey extension provides additional classrooms to accommodate up to an additional 80 pupils with specialist intervention areas, a new soft playroom, and outdoor play spaces.
There is also a relocated memorial garden and school allotment area.
This project was jointly funded by Caerphilly County Borough Council and Welsh Government through the Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme, which forms part of the council's wider Place Shaping Strategy.
The new wing that links to the original school was constructed by Willmott Dixon.
This project, which includes the refurbishment of the existing school facilities alongside the new two-storey extension, totalled approximately £18 million.
Councillor Carol Andrews, cabinet member for education and communities, said: "This investment is a powerful statement of our shared commitment to giving every child in the county borough the very best start.
"The facility has been shaped around the needs and potential of the pupils that attend.
"They will help children learn, play and thrive – and I cannot wait to see the amazing things that will be achieved here."
Headteacher David Jenkins said: "It has been a privilege to lead the school through this exciting period of change which has resulted in a state of the art, multi-million-pound extension for our pupils, their families and staff.
"Today's formal opening is a fitting celebration of the ethos, culture and sheer hard work associated with our school and its partners.
"There are too many people to thank individually but on behalf of the school, my sincerest thanks must go to Welsh Government, Caerphilly Council, our governing body, the previous headteacher who started the journey and our principal contractor Wilmott Dixon for making our pupils' dreams a reality."
