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All Saints Catholic School to close
Following extensive local consultation, Bromley Council has taken the decision to close All Saints Catholic School. The Council’s closure proposal was subject to formal Public Notices with a six-week period to enable registering of any objections: no objections were raised.
Working in partnership with the Archdiocese of Southwark and the Governors of the school, the Council prepared a detailed statement of case. Due to the current demand for places and a forecast of pupil population trends, the conclusion was that the school was no longer educationally viable. Members of the School Organisation Committee were advised of the closure on 23 June 2006.
The closure will take effect from August 2007 and arrangements are well in hand to ensure a smooth transfer to other local schools of the remaining pupils. Year 9 pupils were transferred earlier in the academic year to allow a ‘settling in’ period before they start their GCSE options in September. There will be no intake of pupils at All Saints in September.
Governors and parents have been assured of the Council’s commitment to providing the highest possible quality of education for the pupils who remain. The Council is working to ensure their comfortable transition to other schools at the appropriate time.
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Notes to Editors
- All Saints is a Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided; all-ability; mixed school.
- Parent and public meetings on the closure proposals took place between January and March 2006.
- In accordance with the School Standards and Framework Act (199) (Section 29), the closure proposal was subject to formal Public Notice with a six-week period to enable registering of any objections.
- A Statement of Case was prepared.
- The outcomes of the local consultation on was reported to the Council’s Executive on 10 April 2006.
- Members of the School Organisation Committee (SOC) were provided with copies of the Public Notice and Statement of Case on May 24 2006.
- In circumstances whereby no objections are registered, schedule 6, paragraph 4(1) of the Act empowers the Local Authority to determine the proposal for closure without the need for a decision by the SOC.
- Members of the SOC were advised on Friday 23 June 2006
- Bromley Council informed the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on Thursday 6 July that the closure will take effect from August 2007.
- Students in Year 9 achieved much improved results in their SATs results for Maths and Science. At L5+ they achieved 54% in Science (up 9% from last year), and in Maths they achieved 59% (up 4% from last year). N.B. These results make allowance for those students who left the school after the closure was announced.
- A full range of activities will continue throughout the school calendar: On July 6 parents, governors and visitors were treated to a showcase of the pupils’ talent. A fashion show included Year 10 girls salsa dancing, followed by students modelling George’s (by ASDA) latest fashions on the catwalk. The audience were then entertained by a medley of songs from Grease produced by Ms Jordan and the drama group. The show went out with a bang when a group of our Year 10 boys called ‘Klear-Kut’ demonstrated some fine ‘mc-ing’.