E/SA1/4/8

File on consultations regarding the comprehensive reorganisation of schools in Area 7 (North East Bedfordshire), including, amongst other things, the following:

1972 - 1979

From: 1972 To: 1979

- considerable correspondence with Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely County Council regarding attendance of children from Gamlingay Village College at Sandy Upper School following reorganisation [see also E/SC3/Sand/1] [1972-1979]; - correspondence with parents with enquiries about and comments on reorganisation; - establishment of the proposed Middle School at Great Barford (Alban VA Middle School, Great Barford) as a Voluntary Aided school owing to a catchment area including six Voluntary Aided and four Voluntary Controlled Lower Schools [1973]; - projected numbers at Sandy Upper School by feeder Middle School and projected numbers at the three Area Middle Schools (Sandye Place; Alban Voluntary Aided, Great Barford; and Burgoyne, Potton) by feeder Lower School [1974-1982]; - Draft Detailed Proposals for the Implementation of Reorganisation in Area 7 [Jun 1973]; - notes of a meeting of Area 7 teachers [1973]; - notes of a meeting of Area 7 governors and managers [1973]; - outline proposals of timetable for Area 7 reorganisation [1973]; - new Eaton Socon County Junior and Infants Schools [Huntingdonshire] including catchment areas containing Bedfordshire children from Duloe and Staploe [1973]; - Detailed Proposals for the Implementation of Reorganisation in Area 7 [Sep 1973]; - Draft Information for Parents regarding reorganisation in Area 7 [Sep 1973]; - letter of protest from parents from Colmworth about their children attending Ernulf School, Eynesbury [Huntingdonshire] whilst Alban VA Middle School, Great Barford was being built [1973]; - notes of a meeting with Areas 5 and 7 headteachers to discuss contingency plans if Sandy Upper School was not ready by September 1974 [1973]; - Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely County Council Education Committee booklet - Reorganisation of Schools in Gamlingay - Information for Parents [1973]; - notes of a meeting in Gamlingay to discuss proposed reorganisation [1973]; - Information for Parents on reorganisation in Area 7 [January 1974]; - notes under Section 13(4) of the Education Act 1944 regarding the change of nature of Area 7 County Primary Schools [1974]; - clarification of the position of pupils from Northill Voluntary Aided Lower School in attending Middle Schools and Upper School [1974]; - delay in the opening of Alban VA Middle School, Great Barford, parents’ and schools’ uncertainties about the situation and contingency plans made [1974]; - attendance of children from Begwary, Duloe, Honeydon, and Staploe at Colmworth Voluntary Controlled Lower School and of children from Wyboston at Roxton Voluntary Aided Lower School instead of at Crosshall Infants School and Junior School, Eaton Socon [Cambridgeshire] and at Alban VA Middle School, Great Barford instead of either Longsands County Secondary School, Eaton Socon or Ernulf County Secondary School, Eynesbury, as had been the case hitherto [1976]; - notes of a meeting with parents from Begwary, Duloe, Honeydon, Staploe and Wyboston to enable them to comment on reorganisation [1976].

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EDUCATION, schools, health administration, general correspondence, Cambridgeshire & Isle of Ely County Council, Gamlingay Village College, Gamlingay, Sandy Upper School, SANDY, parent, middle schools, Great Barford, Alban Voluntary Aided Middle School, lower schools, population statistics, Sandye Place Middle School, Burgoyne Middle School, POTTON, teachers, school governors, school managers, timetable, Eaton Socon County Junior School, Eaton Socon County Infants School, EATON SOCON, Huntingdonshire, STAPLOE, Duloe, advice and information, COLMWORTH, Eynesbury Ernulf School, Eynesbury, education buildings, building work, headteacher, Booklet, Education Act 1944, county primary schools, Northill Voluntary Aided Lower School, NORTHILL, upper schools, Begwary, Honeydon, Colmworth Voluntary Controlled Lower School, COLMWORTH, Wyboston, Roxton Voluntary Aided Lower School, ROXTON, Eaton Socon Crosshall Infants School, Eaton Socon Crosshall Junior School, Crosshall, Eaton Socon Longsands County Secondary School, Eynesbury Ernulf County Secondary School