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On
Thursday 2nd July 2009 the Council’s Executive Committee
decided to put out to formal consultation to reduce
the size of Whitchurch High School from a 12 to 9 form entry school.
Over time from September 2012 to September 2019 the school would
reduce in size from its present size of 2,300 pupils to
approximately 1,700 pupils and between 25 to 30 staff would be made
redundant.
The proposal is to keep the school on its present two
sites but to sell half of the current lower school playing fields to
generate capital receipts in all associated three primary school
options and in addition part of the upper school playing fields in
option two.
The total capital investment scheduled would be
approximately £7.5 million. There will be a period of formal
consultation in September to October 2009. The specific dates of
this consultation period are unknown.
Whitchurch High School governors are opposed to this
preferred option to reduce the size of the school from a twelve to
nine form entry. |
