{"id":79150,"date":"2026-07-02T05:22:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/the-parents-fighting-to-save-a-high-school-with-just-eight-pupils\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:22:48","slug":"the-parents-fighting-to-save-a-high-school-with-just-eight-pupils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/the-parents-fighting-to-save-a-high-school-with-just-eight-pupils\/","title":{"rendered":"The parents fighting to save a high school with just eight pupils"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/school-closure-timeline\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">The Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a> spells out what needs to be done in order to close a site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the case of rural school like Dalry the local authority has to identify its reasons for the move and decide whether or not closure is the most appropriate response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Phase two sees the education authority consult on a proposal \u2013 for a minimum of six weeks, including at least 30 school days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A paper is then taken to Education Scotland which must prepare a report on the educational impact within a maximum of three weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The next phase &#8211; which has no specific timescale &#8211; sees the local authority publish a consulation report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Then, a minimum of three weeks later, it should make its final decision and, if that is for closure, inform the Scottish government within six working days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ministers then have up to eight weeks to decide whether or not to &#8220;call in&#8221; the move for further scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If they do, it heads to a School Closure Review Panel which has a maximum of 17 weeks to give its verdict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the event that it refuses consent no fresh attempt to close the school can be made within five years &#8211; unless there is a &#8220;significant change&#8221; in its circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cjwgz5dp5l3o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010, external spells out what needs to be done in order to close a site. In the case of rural school like Dalry the local authority has to identify its reasons for the move and decide whether or not closure is the most appropriate response. Phase two sees the education [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49],"tags":[435,991,1469,4108,1686,210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79152,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79150\/revisions\/79152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}