Amalgamation Of Bayston Hill Primary Schools

EDM number 1779 in 2007-08, proposed by Daniel Kawczynski on 12/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Countryside and Schools.

That this House notes with concern the proposed amalgamation of two primary schools in the Shropshire village of Bayston Hill and that the hard-working teachers and Head of Oakland School are vehemently opposed to these plans; further notes that the parents of Oakland School and governors are passionately trying to save the school from amalgamation as they wish to retain their excellent school which has tremendous results year on year; applauds the courage, tenacity and determination of the Head of Governors and local resident Mr Cameron Taylor for the work he is doing to try to save Oakland School; considers that in the fourth largest economy in the world the Labour Government should be supporting individual choices of parents of schools like Oakland rather than wilfully neglecting investment in education in rural shire counties like Shropshire, which is leading to this deeply unpopular move in Bayston Hill; and believes that parents in Bayston Hill have been let down by the Government, which on the one hand states that rural primary schools should not be closed and yet will not lift a finger to ensure that Oakland School is saved; and urges the Minister responsible, the hon. Member for Dorset South, to explain why the Government is doing so little to listen to the concerns of Mr Cameron Taylor and other governors of Oakland School.

This motion has been signed by a total of 1 MPs.