PET(4) SAR 08

Petitions Committee

Consultation on petition P-04-432 Stop the Army Recruiting in Schools

Response from Dorian Williams

28 March 2013

William Powell AM

Chairman of the Petitions Committee

National Assembly for Wales

Cardiff Bay

Cardiff

CF99 1NA

Dear William Powell AM          

Thank you for your e-mail message received today, 28.03.13.

I would like to respond as Headteacher and as a member of the Governing Body of Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin (Bro Myrddin Welsh Comprehensive School).

This is the opinion of the School Governing Body:

1. The Armed Forces do not get the opportunity to come in to Bro Myrddin to talk to pupils, and this prohibition has been in force for many years.

2. Each attempt by the Armed Forces to provide support of any kind, career input or free extracurricular activity (e.g. fitness days ('assault course days out'), is rejected.

3.In those rare cases where a pupil chooses to join the Armed Forces, the school does not prevent the Careers Wales Officer based at the school from assisting the individual to receive relevant information.

Thank you for the opportunity to share our view.

Yours sincerely

Dorian Williams

Headteacher