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Sept 2022
Closure notice published for Harrogate school
North Yorkshire County Council has published a closure notice for Woodfield Community Primary School that proposes to shut the school for good on December 31.
The document, which is available to read here, said governors have "exhausted all options" to keep the school in Bilton open.
It gives reasons that led to the decision, which it says began when the school was rated inadequate by Ofsted in 2020 and placed into special measures.
The rating meant the school had to become a sponsored academy, but it failed to find a backer.
A proposed merger with Grove Road Community Primary School fell through this year.
The notice says there were 36 pupils enrolled at the school as of July 4, as well as 9 children in its nursery.
Just four applicants put Woodfield as their preferred school for reception entry in September.
The notice also proposes that should the school close, the catchment areas of Bilton Grange Primary School and Grove Road Community Primary School would be expanded to include the current Woodfield school catchment area or parts of it.
A consultation will run until October 6 on the closure. Comments can be made to schoolorganisation@northyorks.gov.uk
Read more:
- ‘No option’ but to close Woodfield school, says council
- Fears more Harrogate schools could follow in footsteps of closure-threatened Woodfield primary
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