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  • Frequently Asked Questions
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  1. Consultation Pamphlet
  2. Timeline by School
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  • Share The National Offer Day is 1st March 2021. Will the current year 4 children who have applied for The Middle Schools be offered their place for Sept 22 on this date? The Schools Admissions Code 2021 suggests that the offers must not be withdrawn. How would that work with you current proposal? on Facebook Share The National Offer Day is 1st March 2021. Will the current year 4 children who have applied for The Middle Schools be offered their place for Sept 22 on this date? The Schools Admissions Code 2021 suggests that the offers must not be withdrawn. How would that work with you current proposal? on Twitter Share The National Offer Day is 1st March 2021. Will the current year 4 children who have applied for The Middle Schools be offered their place for Sept 22 on this date? The Schools Admissions Code 2021 suggests that the offers must not be withdrawn. How would that work with you current proposal? on Linkedin Email The National Offer Day is 1st March 2021. Will the current year 4 children who have applied for The Middle Schools be offered their place for Sept 22 on this date? The Schools Admissions Code 2021 suggests that the offers must not be withdrawn. How would that work with you current proposal? link

    The National Offer Day is 1st March 2021. Will the current year 4 children who have applied for The Middle Schools be offered their place for Sept 22 on this date? The Schools Admissions Code 2021 suggests that the offers must not be withdrawn. How would that work with you current proposal?

    Frances Foster asked about 3 years ago

    Yes, applications will be dealt with in the usual way. Parents will receive letters on 1 March and these will include that there are proposals for changes to the schools.

  • Share Has the fact that Sybil Andrews School opened in 2016 which is also a Unity Partnership School been considered as contributing to the decline in the numbers of pupils attending County Upper School? Prior to this school opening on the Moretonhall side of town, those pupils would of attended one of the three uppers in the area (County Upper, King Edwards & St Benedicts). on Facebook Share Has the fact that Sybil Andrews School opened in 2016 which is also a Unity Partnership School been considered as contributing to the decline in the numbers of pupils attending County Upper School? Prior to this school opening on the Moretonhall side of town, those pupils would of attended one of the three uppers in the area (County Upper, King Edwards & St Benedicts). on Twitter Share Has the fact that Sybil Andrews School opened in 2016 which is also a Unity Partnership School been considered as contributing to the decline in the numbers of pupils attending County Upper School? Prior to this school opening on the Moretonhall side of town, those pupils would of attended one of the three uppers in the area (County Upper, King Edwards & St Benedicts). on Linkedin Email Has the fact that Sybil Andrews School opened in 2016 which is also a Unity Partnership School been considered as contributing to the decline in the numbers of pupils attending County Upper School? Prior to this school opening on the Moretonhall side of town, those pupils would of attended one of the three uppers in the area (County Upper, King Edwards & St Benedicts). link

    Has the fact that Sybil Andrews School opened in 2016 which is also a Unity Partnership School been considered as contributing to the decline in the numbers of pupils attending County Upper School? Prior to this school opening on the Moretonhall side of town, those pupils would of attended one of the three uppers in the area (County Upper, King Edwards & St Benedicts).

    SS asked about 3 years ago

    The local authority built Sybil Andrews to meet the growing number of secondary pupils in the town to accommodate the growth there had been in the numbers of primary school children entering, and coming through, the system. The responsibility of the Local Authority is to ensure there are sufficient places and also balances planned admission numbers with schools to ensure this is the case. Pupils joining County Upper have come from the middle schools and these numbers have declined.

  • Share I understand that Unity have said that if enough parents apply for places by the end of February they will reconsider the closures. My question is would they be prepared to accept a six form entry...three at each school. This would mean a minimum 150 applications. on Facebook Share I understand that Unity have said that if enough parents apply for places by the end of February they will reconsider the closures. My question is would they be prepared to accept a six form entry...three at each school. This would mean a minimum 150 applications. on Twitter Share I understand that Unity have said that if enough parents apply for places by the end of February they will reconsider the closures. My question is would they be prepared to accept a six form entry...three at each school. This would mean a minimum 150 applications. on Linkedin Email I understand that Unity have said that if enough parents apply for places by the end of February they will reconsider the closures. My question is would they be prepared to accept a six form entry...three at each school. This would mean a minimum 150 applications. link

    I understand that Unity have said that if enough parents apply for places by the end of February they will reconsider the closures. My question is would they be prepared to accept a six form entry...three at each school. This would mean a minimum 150 applications.

    Donna Higgins asked about 3 years ago

    In the discussions about numbers, we have talked about the number needed to make an upper school viable – if there is a middle school, children need to have an upper school to go on to. County Upper has had year groups of 275 and now is at 220. The recent number applying to the middle schools, and so the expected estimate to go on to the upper school, this school year was 152, which is not enough. The more recent number of 137 has led to these proposals for change. So, 150 would not be sufficient.

  • Share Would Unity consider treating applications for Middle school as a split site school. Pupils would be allocated a place at either school based on evenly distributing the numbers across the two sites. This would keep both schools open until higher numbers of applications can be established. The efforts made by so many parents to attract new applications in the last week are phenomenal, but the effect of them may not not be seen immediately. I know that at least one of these schools has found that pupils will move from 2 tier into 3 tier as year 5 and 6 progress and as they feel the need for greater variety of experience. on Facebook Share Would Unity consider treating applications for Middle school as a split site school. Pupils would be allocated a place at either school based on evenly distributing the numbers across the two sites. This would keep both schools open until higher numbers of applications can be established. The efforts made by so many parents to attract new applications in the last week are phenomenal, but the effect of them may not not be seen immediately. I know that at least one of these schools has found that pupils will move from 2 tier into 3 tier as year 5 and 6 progress and as they feel the need for greater variety of experience. on Twitter Share Would Unity consider treating applications for Middle school as a split site school. Pupils would be allocated a place at either school based on evenly distributing the numbers across the two sites. This would keep both schools open until higher numbers of applications can be established. The efforts made by so many parents to attract new applications in the last week are phenomenal, but the effect of them may not not be seen immediately. I know that at least one of these schools has found that pupils will move from 2 tier into 3 tier as year 5 and 6 progress and as they feel the need for greater variety of experience. on Linkedin Email Would Unity consider treating applications for Middle school as a split site school. Pupils would be allocated a place at either school based on evenly distributing the numbers across the two sites. This would keep both schools open until higher numbers of applications can be established. The efforts made by so many parents to attract new applications in the last week are phenomenal, but the effect of them may not not be seen immediately. I know that at least one of these schools has found that pupils will move from 2 tier into 3 tier as year 5 and 6 progress and as they feel the need for greater variety of experience. link

    Would Unity consider treating applications for Middle school as a split site school. Pupils would be allocated a place at either school based on evenly distributing the numbers across the two sites. This would keep both schools open until higher numbers of applications can be established. The efforts made by so many parents to attract new applications in the last week are phenomenal, but the effect of them may not not be seen immediately. I know that at least one of these schools has found that pupils will move from 2 tier into 3 tier as year 5 and 6 progress and as they feel the need for greater variety of experience.

    Donna Higgins asked about 3 years ago

    This would be a more complicated process and involve consulting on closing one school, enlarging the other school and applying for the enlarged school to operate across two sites. We would be uncomfortable to distribute applications to middle schools evenly across two sites, regardless of parental preference, and are not certain that it would be legal.

  • Share Will Unity please consider the proposal of ensuring that current year 4 and 5 pupils can progress through these schools as they expected as a way of mitigating any long term damage to mental health from the last two years of living with the pandemic. Some of our pupils have coped with the anxiety levels only because of the security of knowing their schools were there and ready for them. Please refer to this petition and please take the time to read the comments from parents. https://www.change.org/p/now-is-not-the-time-to-disrupt-our-schools-in-bury-st-edmunds?redirect=false on Facebook Share Will Unity please consider the proposal of ensuring that current year 4 and 5 pupils can progress through these schools as they expected as a way of mitigating any long term damage to mental health from the last two years of living with the pandemic. Some of our pupils have coped with the anxiety levels only because of the security of knowing their schools were there and ready for them. Please refer to this petition and please take the time to read the comments from parents. https://www.change.org/p/now-is-not-the-time-to-disrupt-our-schools-in-bury-st-edmunds?redirect=false on Twitter Share Will Unity please consider the proposal of ensuring that current year 4 and 5 pupils can progress through these schools as they expected as a way of mitigating any long term damage to mental health from the last two years of living with the pandemic. Some of our pupils have coped with the anxiety levels only because of the security of knowing their schools were there and ready for them. Please refer to this petition and please take the time to read the comments from parents. https://www.change.org/p/now-is-not-the-time-to-disrupt-our-schools-in-bury-st-edmunds?redirect=false on Linkedin Email Will Unity please consider the proposal of ensuring that current year 4 and 5 pupils can progress through these schools as they expected as a way of mitigating any long term damage to mental health from the last two years of living with the pandemic. Some of our pupils have coped with the anxiety levels only because of the security of knowing their schools were there and ready for them. Please refer to this petition and please take the time to read the comments from parents. https://www.change.org/p/now-is-not-the-time-to-disrupt-our-schools-in-bury-st-edmunds?redirect=false link

    Will Unity please consider the proposal of ensuring that current year 4 and 5 pupils can progress through these schools as they expected as a way of mitigating any long term damage to mental health from the last two years of living with the pandemic. Some of our pupils have coped with the anxiety levels only because of the security of knowing their schools were there and ready for them. Please refer to this petition and please take the time to read the comments from parents. https://www.change.org/p/now-is-not-the-time-to-disrupt-our-schools-in-bury-st-edmunds?redirect=false

    Donna Higgins asked about 3 years ago

    We have read the petition and have much sympathy with the views expressed by parents. The petition will be included in the consultation report for the Trust board, and if there is an approach to the Department for Education, to them too.

  • Share Open days/recruiting children for Sep 2022: I'm pleased that Horringer Court and Westley are able to hold open days in February to promote the schools to prospective parents of year 4 children. However, given your well-publicised closure proposals, it seems obvious that such parents might be too concerned about the long-term future of the schools to apply. Will you therefore demonstrate a genuine commitment to this recruitment drive, and reassure such parents, by stating publicly that the schools would remain open for at least the next four years? on Facebook Share Open days/recruiting children for Sep 2022: I'm pleased that Horringer Court and Westley are able to hold open days in February to promote the schools to prospective parents of year 4 children. However, given your well-publicised closure proposals, it seems obvious that such parents might be too concerned about the long-term future of the schools to apply. Will you therefore demonstrate a genuine commitment to this recruitment drive, and reassure such parents, by stating publicly that the schools would remain open for at least the next four years? on Twitter Share Open days/recruiting children for Sep 2022: I'm pleased that Horringer Court and Westley are able to hold open days in February to promote the schools to prospective parents of year 4 children. However, given your well-publicised closure proposals, it seems obvious that such parents might be too concerned about the long-term future of the schools to apply. Will you therefore demonstrate a genuine commitment to this recruitment drive, and reassure such parents, by stating publicly that the schools would remain open for at least the next four years? on Linkedin Email Open days/recruiting children for Sep 2022: I'm pleased that Horringer Court and Westley are able to hold open days in February to promote the schools to prospective parents of year 4 children. However, given your well-publicised closure proposals, it seems obvious that such parents might be too concerned about the long-term future of the schools to apply. Will you therefore demonstrate a genuine commitment to this recruitment drive, and reassure such parents, by stating publicly that the schools would remain open for at least the next four years? link

    Open days/recruiting children for Sep 2022: I'm pleased that Horringer Court and Westley are able to hold open days in February to promote the schools to prospective parents of year 4 children. However, given your well-publicised closure proposals, it seems obvious that such parents might be too concerned about the long-term future of the schools to apply. Will you therefore demonstrate a genuine commitment to this recruitment drive, and reassure such parents, by stating publicly that the schools would remain open for at least the next four years?

    K asked about 3 years ago

    These events have been advertised and are of course this fits with the principle that all parents are eligible to apply for any school at any point. The thing restricting admissions is of course whether the school is full. Neither Westley nor Horringer Court Middles schools are in this position. The consultation is still underway, and we have a number of alternative proposals we are actively analysing and will feedback once we have concluded this consultation. You can find details of them on the website frontpage.

  • Share Keeping the Westley site will enable extra subjects to be taught. There are excellent Middle school teachers that could support the younger students at the Split site. More space for students to move around in. Double the resources for students to access re: Library books- extra reading that has fallen due to the pandemic / science labs / cookery rooms / art studios / sports This means students who are not solely academic will have a greater chance of full filling their education. The foundations that were put down on the Westley site could be used for new classrooms for new subjects eg: Performing Arts / Dance studios / photography / advanced Design & Technology / computing The split site could create a partnership with West Suffolk College to enable students to advance onto WSC courses via these potential courses The Westley site could have a proper CAREERS room with lots of information regarding Apprenticeships / Universities / Technical colleges / Work contacts Keeping Westley Middle school as a split site means the students WILL NOT be crowded 1. through the corridors 2. the dinning area 3. wash facilities 4. keeping the older students separate from the younger students 5. more space outside for students to socialise / play sports without the older ones taking over all the best areas There is a HUGE / GREAT / OPPORTUNITY to have a SPLIT SITE for County Upper and Westley Middle to provide a MORE DIVERSE TEACHING / LEARNING / PASTORAL CARE / DOUBLE THE RESOURCES I'm a qualified librarian and can see TREMENDOUS opportunities for the students that need so much more support, after Covid, if there are TWO sites for the Unity School and County Upper. Will you Guarantee keeping both sites for all the reasons above ? Students must be put FIRST - DUTY OF CARE TO STUDENTS - I'm sure many more people can provide alot of brilliant ideas to CREATE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY having a SPLIT SITE. Please DO NOT "shove" students into one school when there could be so much Diversity / Learning / Creativity / Career classrooms available in a Split Site. Hence my question : With such a golden opportunity to have a split site which would provide so much extra learning / pastoral cover / new subjects / career guidance / space / sports - HOW can Westley Middle School be closed when factoring in Duty of Care to Students should be the Primary Factor ? on Facebook Share Keeping the Westley site will enable extra subjects to be taught. There are excellent Middle school teachers that could support the younger students at the Split site. More space for students to move around in. Double the resources for students to access re: Library books- extra reading that has fallen due to the pandemic / science labs / cookery rooms / art studios / sports This means students who are not solely academic will have a greater chance of full filling their education. The foundations that were put down on the Westley site could be used for new classrooms for new subjects eg: Performing Arts / Dance studios / photography / advanced Design & Technology / computing The split site could create a partnership with West Suffolk College to enable students to advance onto WSC courses via these potential courses The Westley site could have a proper CAREERS room with lots of information regarding Apprenticeships / Universities / Technical colleges / Work contacts Keeping Westley Middle school as a split site means the students WILL NOT be crowded 1. through the corridors 2. the dinning area 3. wash facilities 4. keeping the older students separate from the younger students 5. more space outside for students to socialise / play sports without the older ones taking over all the best areas There is a HUGE / GREAT / OPPORTUNITY to have a SPLIT SITE for County Upper and Westley Middle to provide a MORE DIVERSE TEACHING / LEARNING / PASTORAL CARE / DOUBLE THE RESOURCES I'm a qualified librarian and can see TREMENDOUS opportunities for the students that need so much more support, after Covid, if there are TWO sites for the Unity School and County Upper. Will you Guarantee keeping both sites for all the reasons above ? Students must be put FIRST - DUTY OF CARE TO STUDENTS - I'm sure many more people can provide alot of brilliant ideas to CREATE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY having a SPLIT SITE. Please DO NOT "shove" students into one school when there could be so much Diversity / Learning / Creativity / Career classrooms available in a Split Site. Hence my question : With such a golden opportunity to have a split site which would provide so much extra learning / pastoral cover / new subjects / career guidance / space / sports - HOW can Westley Middle School be closed when factoring in Duty of Care to Students should be the Primary Factor ? on Twitter Share Keeping the Westley site will enable extra subjects to be taught. There are excellent Middle school teachers that could support the younger students at the Split site. More space for students to move around in. Double the resources for students to access re: Library books- extra reading that has fallen due to the pandemic / science labs / cookery rooms / art studios / sports This means students who are not solely academic will have a greater chance of full filling their education. The foundations that were put down on the Westley site could be used for new classrooms for new subjects eg: Performing Arts / Dance studios / photography / advanced Design & Technology / computing The split site could create a partnership with West Suffolk College to enable students to advance onto WSC courses via these potential courses The Westley site could have a proper CAREERS room with lots of information regarding Apprenticeships / Universities / Technical colleges / Work contacts Keeping Westley Middle school as a split site means the students WILL NOT be crowded 1. through the corridors 2. the dinning area 3. wash facilities 4. keeping the older students separate from the younger students 5. more space outside for students to socialise / play sports without the older ones taking over all the best areas There is a HUGE / GREAT / OPPORTUNITY to have a SPLIT SITE for County Upper and Westley Middle to provide a MORE DIVERSE TEACHING / LEARNING / PASTORAL CARE / DOUBLE THE RESOURCES I'm a qualified librarian and can see TREMENDOUS opportunities for the students that need so much more support, after Covid, if there are TWO sites for the Unity School and County Upper. Will you Guarantee keeping both sites for all the reasons above ? Students must be put FIRST - DUTY OF CARE TO STUDENTS - I'm sure many more people can provide alot of brilliant ideas to CREATE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY having a SPLIT SITE. Please DO NOT "shove" students into one school when there could be so much Diversity / Learning / Creativity / Career classrooms available in a Split Site. Hence my question : With such a golden opportunity to have a split site which would provide so much extra learning / pastoral cover / new subjects / career guidance / space / sports - HOW can Westley Middle School be closed when factoring in Duty of Care to Students should be the Primary Factor ? on Linkedin Email Keeping the Westley site will enable extra subjects to be taught. There are excellent Middle school teachers that could support the younger students at the Split site. More space for students to move around in. Double the resources for students to access re: Library books- extra reading that has fallen due to the pandemic / science labs / cookery rooms / art studios / sports This means students who are not solely academic will have a greater chance of full filling their education. The foundations that were put down on the Westley site could be used for new classrooms for new subjects eg: Performing Arts / Dance studios / photography / advanced Design & Technology / computing The split site could create a partnership with West Suffolk College to enable students to advance onto WSC courses via these potential courses The Westley site could have a proper CAREERS room with lots of information regarding Apprenticeships / Universities / Technical colleges / Work contacts Keeping Westley Middle school as a split site means the students WILL NOT be crowded 1. through the corridors 2. the dinning area 3. wash facilities 4. keeping the older students separate from the younger students 5. more space outside for students to socialise / play sports without the older ones taking over all the best areas There is a HUGE / GREAT / OPPORTUNITY to have a SPLIT SITE for County Upper and Westley Middle to provide a MORE DIVERSE TEACHING / LEARNING / PASTORAL CARE / DOUBLE THE RESOURCES I'm a qualified librarian and can see TREMENDOUS opportunities for the students that need so much more support, after Covid, if there are TWO sites for the Unity School and County Upper. Will you Guarantee keeping both sites for all the reasons above ? Students must be put FIRST - DUTY OF CARE TO STUDENTS - I'm sure many more people can provide alot of brilliant ideas to CREATE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY having a SPLIT SITE. Please DO NOT "shove" students into one school when there could be so much Diversity / Learning / Creativity / Career classrooms available in a Split Site. Hence my question : With such a golden opportunity to have a split site which would provide so much extra learning / pastoral cover / new subjects / career guidance / space / sports - HOW can Westley Middle School be closed when factoring in Duty of Care to Students should be the Primary Factor ? link

    Keeping the Westley site will enable extra subjects to be taught. There are excellent Middle school teachers that could support the younger students at the Split site. More space for students to move around in. Double the resources for students to access re: Library books- extra reading that has fallen due to the pandemic / science labs / cookery rooms / art studios / sports This means students who are not solely academic will have a greater chance of full filling their education. The foundations that were put down on the Westley site could be used for new classrooms for new subjects eg: Performing Arts / Dance studios / photography / advanced Design & Technology / computing The split site could create a partnership with West Suffolk College to enable students to advance onto WSC courses via these potential courses The Westley site could have a proper CAREERS room with lots of information regarding Apprenticeships / Universities / Technical colleges / Work contacts Keeping Westley Middle school as a split site means the students WILL NOT be crowded 1. through the corridors 2. the dinning area 3. wash facilities 4. keeping the older students separate from the younger students 5. more space outside for students to socialise / play sports without the older ones taking over all the best areas There is a HUGE / GREAT / OPPORTUNITY to have a SPLIT SITE for County Upper and Westley Middle to provide a MORE DIVERSE TEACHING / LEARNING / PASTORAL CARE / DOUBLE THE RESOURCES I'm a qualified librarian and can see TREMENDOUS opportunities for the students that need so much more support, after Covid, if there are TWO sites for the Unity School and County Upper. Will you Guarantee keeping both sites for all the reasons above ? Students must be put FIRST - DUTY OF CARE TO STUDENTS - I'm sure many more people can provide alot of brilliant ideas to CREATE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY having a SPLIT SITE. Please DO NOT "shove" students into one school when there could be so much Diversity / Learning / Creativity / Career classrooms available in a Split Site. Hence my question : With such a golden opportunity to have a split site which would provide so much extra learning / pastoral cover / new subjects / career guidance / space / sports - HOW can Westley Middle School be closed when factoring in Duty of Care to Students should be the Primary Factor ?

    KT asked about 3 years ago

    Our proposals are to initially have a split site for the secondary school and this will help both students and parents currently in the middle schools to feel they are maintaining contact with elements of the system they want, chose and value. This consultation is about listening to alternatives and your suggestion has been presented by a number of people. At the end of the consultation period a submission will be written and any viable alternatives will receive a response.

  • Share The answers of 'current transport arrangements are expected to continue' and 'we anticipate that we will work with Local Authority transport systems to allow access into the schools as it is now' are not answering our concerns. If you do not take in new pupils from Newmarket and other villages in year 5, the current arrangements become unsustainable and unaffordable. In other words, you heavily disadvantage children from parents who have made a conscious choice to send their children to Horringer Court because of its excellent reputation and the ease of transport. A rise in cost of transportation is unaffordable for many parents. Would you be willing to make a financial effort to ensure these children will be able to continue to attend Horringer Court? on Facebook Share The answers of 'current transport arrangements are expected to continue' and 'we anticipate that we will work with Local Authority transport systems to allow access into the schools as it is now' are not answering our concerns. If you do not take in new pupils from Newmarket and other villages in year 5, the current arrangements become unsustainable and unaffordable. In other words, you heavily disadvantage children from parents who have made a conscious choice to send their children to Horringer Court because of its excellent reputation and the ease of transport. A rise in cost of transportation is unaffordable for many parents. Would you be willing to make a financial effort to ensure these children will be able to continue to attend Horringer Court? on Twitter Share The answers of 'current transport arrangements are expected to continue' and 'we anticipate that we will work with Local Authority transport systems to allow access into the schools as it is now' are not answering our concerns. If you do not take in new pupils from Newmarket and other villages in year 5, the current arrangements become unsustainable and unaffordable. In other words, you heavily disadvantage children from parents who have made a conscious choice to send their children to Horringer Court because of its excellent reputation and the ease of transport. A rise in cost of transportation is unaffordable for many parents. Would you be willing to make a financial effort to ensure these children will be able to continue to attend Horringer Court? on Linkedin Email The answers of 'current transport arrangements are expected to continue' and 'we anticipate that we will work with Local Authority transport systems to allow access into the schools as it is now' are not answering our concerns. If you do not take in new pupils from Newmarket and other villages in year 5, the current arrangements become unsustainable and unaffordable. In other words, you heavily disadvantage children from parents who have made a conscious choice to send their children to Horringer Court because of its excellent reputation and the ease of transport. A rise in cost of transportation is unaffordable for many parents. Would you be willing to make a financial effort to ensure these children will be able to continue to attend Horringer Court? link

    The answers of 'current transport arrangements are expected to continue' and 'we anticipate that we will work with Local Authority transport systems to allow access into the schools as it is now' are not answering our concerns. If you do not take in new pupils from Newmarket and other villages in year 5, the current arrangements become unsustainable and unaffordable. In other words, you heavily disadvantage children from parents who have made a conscious choice to send their children to Horringer Court because of its excellent reputation and the ease of transport. A rise in cost of transportation is unaffordable for many parents. Would you be willing to make a financial effort to ensure these children will be able to continue to attend Horringer Court?

    M asked about 3 years ago

    School transport is certainly one of the issues that will need to be addressed in more detail should the proposals go ahead. Whilst is impossible to firm these up at this stage, please be assured that the Trust Board have the intention to make a new County Upper inclusive, which includes sustaining where possible transport and travel. The assurance to work with Suffolk County Transport on this will hopefully place us well to allow pupils to get to their school of choice. We have already discussed 2022-23 when the proposals are that there would not be Year 5 pupils joining the middle schools. If this leads to transport arrangements being more expensive next school year, the trust is expecting to subsidise these costs so that there is no increase to parents.

  • Share We proposed merging the middle schools and making County Upper a secondary school. Your answer 'A question though is whether this provides any greater security for the number joining an upper schools in Year 9' could be turned around. Why do you not focus on making County Upper an excellent school again before disrupting the education of the children in middle school? One would assume the numbers signing up for County Upper will go up as soon as it receives a better rating from Ofsted. In addition, this is likely to lead to increased numbers signing up for the middle schools. on Facebook Share We proposed merging the middle schools and making County Upper a secondary school. Your answer 'A question though is whether this provides any greater security for the number joining an upper schools in Year 9' could be turned around. Why do you not focus on making County Upper an excellent school again before disrupting the education of the children in middle school? One would assume the numbers signing up for County Upper will go up as soon as it receives a better rating from Ofsted. In addition, this is likely to lead to increased numbers signing up for the middle schools. on Twitter Share We proposed merging the middle schools and making County Upper a secondary school. Your answer 'A question though is whether this provides any greater security for the number joining an upper schools in Year 9' could be turned around. Why do you not focus on making County Upper an excellent school again before disrupting the education of the children in middle school? One would assume the numbers signing up for County Upper will go up as soon as it receives a better rating from Ofsted. In addition, this is likely to lead to increased numbers signing up for the middle schools. on Linkedin Email We proposed merging the middle schools and making County Upper a secondary school. Your answer 'A question though is whether this provides any greater security for the number joining an upper schools in Year 9' could be turned around. Why do you not focus on making County Upper an excellent school again before disrupting the education of the children in middle school? One would assume the numbers signing up for County Upper will go up as soon as it receives a better rating from Ofsted. In addition, this is likely to lead to increased numbers signing up for the middle schools. link

    We proposed merging the middle schools and making County Upper a secondary school. Your answer 'A question though is whether this provides any greater security for the number joining an upper schools in Year 9' could be turned around. Why do you not focus on making County Upper an excellent school again before disrupting the education of the children in middle school? One would assume the numbers signing up for County Upper will go up as soon as it receives a better rating from Ofsted. In addition, this is likely to lead to increased numbers signing up for the middle schools.

    M asked about 3 years ago

    This has been a debate at a number of the Parent and Public meetings. A significant priority for the Trust is to build on the recent effective validation of the safeguarding work at County Upper to restore the reputation of the school within the community. Productive work has been done by the school to make good progress.

  • Share Since Sept 2020 how many pupils have been going into year 5 in middle schools? on Facebook Share Since Sept 2020 how many pupils have been going into year 5 in middle schools? on Twitter Share Since Sept 2020 how many pupils have been going into year 5 in middle schools? on Linkedin Email Since Sept 2020 how many pupils have been going into year 5 in middle schools? link

    Since Sept 2020 how many pupils have been going into year 5 in middle schools?

    about 3 years ago


    Horringer Court

    		WestleyTotal

    Sept 2020

     63

     113

    		176

    Sept 2021

     70

     80

    		150

    Sept 2022 applications

     38

     99

    		137
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