If like us, you don’t watch TV, you will have missed the local news bulletin on the BBC tonight.
The piece starts with a visit to St George’s in Arreton, where £1m has just been spent improving the school premises. However, under the proposed closures, this is one of the schools due to be closed.
It’s what follows this part of the report is even more interesting. Schools Minster, Jim Knight, stated on camera that he is alarmed that some councils, such as the IOW, have been proposing widescale closures of small rural schools for which he can see no justification and is asking them to think again.
It will be very interesting to see how the Council respond to this statement from the Schools Minister.
If you did miss the piece on TV, fear not, thanks to the power of Internet, you can watch it again online.
Follow this link to watch the video piece. Click on “Close threat school gets £1 million” in the right hand bar.
Many thanks to Wendy for the heads up and SaveIOWSchools for a better link to the video.
