St ANNE'S school may have its own swimming pool as part of a massive multi-million pound education programme for the Bailiwick.
The pool would replace the public-funded and partially built one in the school grounds which has been dogged by problems and delays and is still just a shell.
Guernsey's Committee for Education, Sport and Culture wants all States' primary schools in the Bailiwick, including St Anne's, to have a swimming pool on site as part of a major Transforming Education Programme for which the States has already approved a capital expenditure of £157 million.
The committee has embarked on a review of swimming facilities for primary schools, throughout the Bailiwick, many of which, along with the buildings that house them, are in a very poor state of repair.
In view of that, the review will be widened to include all options for swimming pools, including the costs of each option "to allow an objective, fair and affordable policy to be adopted across the whole primary phase in Guernsey and Alderney".
A Policy Letter putting into effect the policy decisions made by the States of Guernsey adds "The review of all swimming provision in schools will be Bailiwick-wide.
"At present, students at St Anne's School do not have access to a swimming pool on site, which they did previously, and the committee considers it important that the policies on swimming which will be adopted following the review should as far a possible apply equally to St Anne's School as to schools in Guernsey."
An appeal launched five years ago to build a public swimming pool at St Anne's raised £250,000, match-funded by the States of Alderney.
But costs escalated and work ceased more than a year ago when the Alderney Community Sports Centre Trust (ACSCT), set up to oversee the project, ran out of money.
A States-funded engineer's report then revealed "some structural issues" which, he advised, needed to be resolved before the project moved to the next stage.
An impressive, fully equipped gymnasium in the same building has been completed and has been ready to open for some time.
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The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors. 