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23
Jul 2021
Kell Bank School pupils bid farewell with a final lap of the playground
Pupils and staff at Kell Bank Primary School near Masham will bid farewell to their school for good with a walk, hand in hand, around the playground.
Today is the last day of term and as North Yorkshire County Council has issued a closure notice for August 31, the 200-year-old school will not reopen.
Over the past few months, the school has been celebrating its history and local impact, culminating in a memory exhibition last week and a ceremony to plant a tree and dedicate a bench yesterday.
The ceremony began with a leaver's service at St Paul's Church in Healey before the students, staff and parents walked down to Fearby Village Green.
An oak tree and bench, dedicated to the school, is now in place. Youngest pupil Beatrice cut the ribbon with Rev. David Cleese, a long-standing governor.
The memory exhibition included items spanning the past 100 years as well as photographs and entries from previous headteachers' diaries.
School governor Laurie Hoyes, who helped organise the three-day event, said they welcomed around 200 people in total.
Mr Hoyes said:
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The six remaining pupils will be moved to different schools; the two Year 6s are going to secondary schools in Ripon and Bedale.
For the younger children's ease and wellbeing their parents chose similar small, rural schools; two are going to Thornton Watlass Primary School and the other two are moving house so will be attending schools elsewhere in the district.
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