Parents slam primary school over ‘terrible’ unisex toilets and tell pupils to come home to use the loo
Concerns were raised by outraged parents ahead of the new £30million Ysgol Cwm Brombil school opening next month in Port Talbot, Wales
FURIOUS parents have slammed a new school's decision to have unisex toilets as "out of order" - with some even telling their kids to come home for toilet breaks instead.
The £30million school Ysgol Cwm Brombil will open with mixed toilets next month in Port Talbot, South Wales.
The local authority says it made the decision to install unisex loos for five to 11-year-olds at the primary school as a way of reducing opportunities for bullying.
But some parents were appalled to find out that boys and girls won't have separate toilets and took to social media to vent their disapproval.
Daniel Treagus wrote on Facebook: "So the new ysgol Cwm brombil school 'APPARENTLY' [has] toilets that girls [use on] one side and boys the other.
"However [they're] all in one room. If this is the case what are people's thoughts?
"I certainly think this is well out of order.
"My kids will be getting front door keys cut so they can use the house for toilet breaks."
Carol Beckett Jenkins agreed, describing Neath Port Talbot Council's decision to use unisex toilets as "terrible".
Some parents, on the other hand, were much more positive about the proposal.
Deborah Tucker said: "I can't see the problem - it is a great idea and it is working well in the other schools."
Councillor Peter Rees, the Council's Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Culture, pointed to other examples of Welsh schools successfully running mixed toilets and said that parents have previously been in favour of them.
He told : "All secondary phase parents have visited the new build over the last two weeks as part of the transition process for when the pupils move in after half term and no concerns were raised at that point regarding the toilet facilities that the school were aware of."
The new school's website describes Ysgol Cwm Brombil as aiming to "secure the academic attainment and personal enrichment of all pupils within a supportive and inclusive culture".
It's set to open its gates to its first batch of pupils on November 6.
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