E/SA1/4/2

File on consultations regarding the comprehensive reorganisation of schools in Area 1 (North Bedfordshire), including, amongst other things, the following:

1972 - 1976

From: 1972 To: 1976

- draft proposals for reorganisation [1972]; - correspondence from parents expressing concern at various aspects of the proposals; - notes of meetings with Governors and Managers of all the schools affected [1972]; - concern of Managers at Wymington County Primary School that the proposed Harrold Priory Middle School would be too small to be effective [1972]; - lists detailing accommodation at proposed middle schools (Margaret Beaufort, Riseley; Lincroft, Oakley and Harrold Priory) together with expected numbers from each feeder lower school over the period 1972-1982 as well as a list of expected numbers at the proposed Upper School [eventually Sharnbrook Upper School] from the three proposed Middle Schools [1972]; - a small petition against any Middle School or Upper School being reorganised as church schools [1972]; - Information for Parents regarding reorganisation of schools in the North Bedfordshire Area [1972]; - decision to allow one further year of children to take the 11+ Examination due to delays in finding a site for the proposed new Sharnbrook Upper School [1972]; - correspondence regarding a mistake in the booklet "The Educational Path of Children" which stated that children aged nine in September 1972 would remain a further year at Lower School instead of transferring to Middle School in 1974 [1973]; - Section 13 notice declaring the alteration in status of the County Primary School schools in the area to Lower Schools for pupils aged 5-9 years [1974]; - correspondence regarding the situation at Little Staughton County Primary School, from which pupils transferred to Keysoe County Primary School at age 8+ but would now remain at the reorganised Little Staughton Lower School until age 9 [1974]; - list of Lower Schools in the Area giving: numbers on the roll; current accommodation size and year built; and current building programme plans for enlargement, replacement etc. [1974]

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EDUCATION, schools, health administration, general correspondence, North Bedfordshire, parent, school governors, school managers, Wymington County Primary School, WYMINGTON, Harrold Priory Middle School, HARROLD, education buildings, middle schools, Margaret Beaufort Middle School, RISELEY, Lincroft Middle School, OAKLEY, lower schools, population statistics, Sharnbrook Upper School, petitions, CHURCH, advice and information, Examinations, Education Act 1944, Little Staughton County Primary School, Little Staughton, Keysoe County Primary School, KEYSOE, Little Staughton Lower School, building work