History and information on Great Houghton preparatory school

Parent zone at Great Houghton preparatory school

Parents who wish to make deputations to the Education Committee need to read and respond to the relevant reports which went to the Education Committee yesterday. There is a generic report for each sector (Community Centres, Early Years establishments (both published) and Primary Schools and Secondary Schools (still awaited). Parents in Partnership will shortly post a Campaign Toolkit, including “How to Make a Successful Deputation”.

The Education Committee (which is a cross-party committee of councillors with five additional church/lay representatives) will hear all deputations from a “batch/tranche” and will then send a report to full Council after each batch/tranche . It is not yet decided whether this report will summarise the outcome of consultation process, or whether it will recommend closure or retention, based on the consultation outcomes.

Either way, full Council will make the final decisions (full Council meets on 22 November and 20 December, although it is not yet confirmed that school closures will be agenda items). Nor has it been decided whether further deputations will be heard (probably unlikely, but this will mean councillors not on the Education Committee will NOT have heard the cases of campaigning schools.)