Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Gwenlli, Newport’s fourth Welsh-medium primary school, will open it’s door to pupils for the first time in September 2021 to meet the increasing demand for Welsh medium education.
Initially the School will be located in Caerleon but its long-term home will be in Newport City centre in the Pillgwenlly area.
Background to the school name as noted in Richard Morgan's book: Pill is a tidal creek/streams (Nant in welsh) and this area was full of reens so this is where the word Nant comes from. Gwenlli partly retains the area's familiar name but also took Richard Morgan's second meaning of this white flood or sea.
Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Gwenlli’s logo celebrates the maritime culture of Newport City.
Our families will be settling in a sheltered spot, a place to drop the anchor for a while and develop within the community of Nant Gwenlli, ready to set sail for the future.