Schools in Conwy will be closing their doors after the weekend and going online in response to esculating concerns over increasing cases of COVID in the community and the Omicron variant.

This afternoon, Conwy County Borough Council gave Bayside this statement:

"Given the on-going uncertainty and the decisions made by other local authorities across the region, we have discussed the situation with headteachers and have made the difficult decision to end face-to-face learning in Conwy’s schools on Friday 17 December.

"We will move to blended online learning until the end of term (22/12/21). We will write to parents/carers again soon with the arrangements for the new term."

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