Education
Dinas Powys technically has no secondary school of its own but currently remains home to one half of Penarth’s St Cyres Comprehensive School. The "Dinas Site" is the smaller of the two existing facilities and contains the locally living lower school students from year seven to year nine, representing ages 11 to 14, while upper school for the older children is located on Redlands Heights in Penarth. However, the St Cyres lower school in the village is currently scheduled for closure in June 2012, to be replaced by a larger single site located in Penarth.
The village also has three other schools - Dinas Powys Infant school, Murch Junior School and St Andrews Major Church in Wales Primary school.
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