Schools closures, nearer boys school ?

The council is carrying out a secondary school review. The recommendations suggest Oldfield School will become co-ed and that there should be only one site for a secondary school north of the city. If school was built on the Oldfield site it would mean a closer school than Beechan Cliff for boys in Weston, but the nearest single sex school for girls would be Hayesfield.

If the new school was built on the St. Mark's site in Larkhall that would mean a long trip for all children in the Weston area, for that we would need school buses, as suggested by the yellow bus campaign. What are your views ?

The recommendation of the report for Bath are below:

Bath

Retain Beechen Cliff School and Hayesfield Technology College as single sex boys and girls 11-18 schools with co-educational post 16 provision.

Retain St. Gregory’s Catholic as an 11-16 co-educational Catholic school.

Retain Ralph Allen as a co-educational 11-18 school.

Consult on closing Culverhay and re-opening the school as a new 11-18 co-educational Community school or Academy on the current site. This would address the issue of parental demand for a higher number of coeducational places.

Consult on the closure of St Mark’s Church of England and Oldfield schools and opening a new 11-18 co-educational Church of England school in the north of the city. The consultation should determine the site for the school. This would address the issue of parental demand, and also factors including the high number of places at Oldfield which are currently filled by South Gloucestershire students.