Ceredigion schools: Plan to shut five schools before council 5 November 2013 Last updated at 08:02 Plans to shut five Ceredigion primary schools as part of a shake-up of education could move a step closer. Tregaron and Llanddewi Brefi primaries are facing the axe and pupils may be moved to a revamped school instead. The future of Dihewyd, Trefilan and Rhos Helyg school's Penuwch campus will also be discussed at Ceredigion council's cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Comedian Matt Lucas has previously supported a campaign to save Llanddewi Brefi school. Lucas, whose character Daffyd in the Little Britain TV series was the "only gay in the village," wrote to the school in June saying he hoped it would stay open "to support the local community." But Ceredigion council is looking at moving Llanddewi Brefi school's 43 pupils to nearby Tregaron secondary because pupil costs are too high. As part of the plans, the authority wants to turn Tregaron secondary into a school for three to 16-year-olds. It could also lose its sixth-form. The council will vote over whether to start the consultation over the closure of the primary schools at Tuesday's meeting. Community life Schools are the heart of a community and if they close it is to that community's detriment End Quote Rhodri Evans Llanddewi Brefi councillor The council is restructuring primary education, saying there are 1,000 fewer children in Ceredigion than a decade ago. It said Dihewyd, Trefilan and Rhos Helyg school's Penuwch campus had fewer than 20 pupils each. But there is opposition to the proposals to close the schools. Llanddewi Brefi councillor Rhodri Evans said: "There has been a lot of opposition to the closure plans in all the communities affected. Schools are the heart of a community and if they close it is to that community's detriment. People come to live in a community because it has a school and that school gives a community life. A Ceredigion council spokesman said in August that it was committed to "providing a sustainable and successful three-to-16 education system in Tregaron area." The cabinet is also expected to rubber-stamp a decision to close Cwrtnewydd, Llanwenog and Llanwnnen primary schools near Lampeter, and build a new area school in nearby Drefach.