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Police are investigating the unexplained death of a teaching assistant following a confrontation at the school where he worked.
The 31-year-old man, who has not been named, was found dead at a property in the Brackla area of Bridgend on Sunday morning.
He worked at Ysgol Bryn Castell, which educates children with special needs. The school was closed for all pupils on Monday.
There were local media reports that the man was struck with a chair in an incident involving a pupil. A source with knowledge of the investigation played down this version of events, but it is understood one line of inquiry being looked at by police is that there was some sort of confrontation last week at the school.
A spokesman for South Wales police said: “Police in Bridgend are investigating the unexplained death of a 31-year-old man. A postmortem is due to take place later to try and establish the cause of death.”
Headteacher Helen Ridout posted a notice on the school’s website on Sunday reading: “Apologies, due to unforeseen circumstances, YBC is closed for all pupils on Monday 2 December 2019.”
A council spokeswoman said: “Bridgend county borough council is aware of the death of a member of staff from Ysgol Bryn Castell over the weekend. Our thoughts are with the family of the member of staff at this difficult time.
“Ysgol Bryn Castell school is currently closed and we’re unable to provide any further information.”
A report in January 2019 by Estyn, the education and training inspectorate for Wales, rated the school as good.
It described Ysgol Bryn Castell as a maintained special school for pupils aged seven to 19 with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties and a range of other needs including autistic spectrum disorder. At the time of the report, the school had 147 pupils.
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