Views sought on the process of future school closure proposals

Education secretary Michael Russell has today, Friday, launched a consultation in response to the Report of the Commission of the Delivery of Rural Education.

The Commission has put forward proposals to improve the delivery of education, a number of which require changes to the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010. The consultation seeks views, by September 2, on:

• the presumption against closure
• providing financial information on closure proposals
• clarifying and expanding Education Scotland’s role
• the basis for determining school closure proposals
• establishing an independent referral mechanism
• views on a five-year moratorium between closure proposals for the same school.

The consultation document and details of how to respond, the Commission’s report and the Government’s response can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk.