Letter: Putting MP straight on Shropshire school closures

Letter: Our MP, Philip Dunne, has spent a lot of time on local media backing up Shropshire Council line on falling school rolls and the fact that some small schools may have to close because of surplus places.

I found it distressing, as did most of the Governors and parents at many of those small schools in Ludlow constituency.

Stiperstones School in my division faces closure as does Lydbury North where my nephew still attends.

Could I just put him right, please? The schools in our area are good schools and provide a caring environment and good education.

Rolls stop falling in primary schools this year and in most here they are now rising again. The secondary schools is where the real problem is now.

The Government says we should keep surplus places to allow parental choice.

If a school closes, the children should gain a better quality education, not worse - a church school and better facilities.

Some of the schools such as Onny, Lydbury North and Stiperstones may not be offered those choices.

Perhaps the MP could tell us which of his schools should close if he is supporting the council's policy as firmly as he was both on TV and the radio?

Heather Kidd

Parent, Councillor and School Governor