Tonight, the Conservative Council’s decision to close Culverhay School was “Called in”  by Liberal Democrat and Labour Councillors and subjected to public scrutiny.

The Scrutiny Panel upheld the call-in. This means that the decision to close Culverhay cannot be implemented and that the decsion will now be debated by the Full Council at its next meeting. This is likely to be on Thursday 19th May which is the first Council Meeting after the elections which will be on May 5th.

Cllr Will Sandry spoke at the meeting and said: “Closing Culverhay is not a decision for our community or by our community. The public consultation responses have been clear that the community wants Culverhay to remain open as a co-educational community school.”

Cllr David Dixon was a member of the Panel which upheld the call in. During the debate he questioned the Conservative Cabinet member about why he wanted to close the School and why he hadn’t worked more closely with the community.