Back in May, Pembrokeshire County Council voted to remove Voluntary Controlled (VC) status from Welsh-medium Ysgol Cilgerran’s Church in Wales school despite 97 per cent of the responses to a consultation having opposed a change which the church describes as ‘entirely unnecessary’. The Church has said it has deep concern about what it sees as a pattern of the council’s recent actions regarding Church Schools, with the recent closure of Manorbier Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled School, and a potential for VC status being lost for Tenby Church in Wales VC school. The Roman Catholic Church in Wales has now joined the voices calling on Pembrokeshire County Council to drop its threat to remove the church status of Ysgol Cilgerran. “Inadequate consideration has been given by Pembrokeshire County Council to its obligations under the Equality Act 2010. It said it agreed with the Church in Wales view, adding: “The actions of Pembrokeshire County Council in proposing to remove the religious designation of Ysgol Cilgerran sets a worrying precedent for all Church schools in the area.