The Diocese of Salford says it does not want to absorb the school into its trust, believing it to be ‘unviable’ due to falling pupil numbers and the associated loss of funding.
A school that was branded ‘inadequate’ and placed in special measures earlier this year now plans to close down. St Mary's RC Primary School, in Heaton Norris, Stockport, was given the lowest possible rating by Ofsted following a visit in January.
A letter from the diocese to Tim Bowman, the council’s director of education reads: “As you know, the school is in a vulnerable position in that the number of Catholic families choosing the school has declined over a long period of time.” The diocese says the council has ‘joint responsibility’ for resolving the future of the school and would need to propose the closure in order to lead the necessary ‘stages and processes’ to achieve this.
But it adds that the ‘risk of compromised education opportunity’ and potential financial issues dictate that the school should close as quickly as possible - pending the outcome of a consultation.
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