Proposal to merge Horndale County Infant and Nursery School and St. Francis Church of England (Aided) Junior School into a Church of England Primary School

Why this is being proposed

We believe this proposal provides the best future option for the children, the school, and the community it serves based on educational outcomes, pupil numbers, site issues and sustainable finances.

You can read the full proposal: 

Proposal to merge Horndale County Infant and Nursery School and St Francis CE (Aided) Junior School (PDF) [333KB]

Teams live event

We will be hosting a live event remotely using Microsoft Teams to explain the proposal in more detail and outline the different stages of the consultation process.

The event is scheduled to place on Thursday 19 September 2024 at 6.00pm.

Although you will be unable to speak at the live Teams event, it will provide an opportunity for any questions you have to be submitted via the chat function and where possible, these will be answered by the officers present during the event. We will aim to answer as many questions as possible that you may have about the proposal.

Please use the following link to join the live event (you can join from 5.45pm on Thursday 19 September 2024):

Consultation Event Horndale Infants and St Francis C of E Junior on Microsoft Teams

Have your say

What happens next

All responses received by the closing date will be considered and included in a report for the council to consider and decide whether to take the proposal forward to the next stage.