Council votes to close Shrewsbury's Wakeman School
Shropshire education chiefs have today voted unanimously to close Shrewsbury's Wakeman School. Shropshire education chiefs have today voted unanimously to close Shrewsbury's Wakeman School. The decision was made at a meeting this afternoon at Shirehall. Full report and details in today's Shropshire Star.
SHREWSBURY'S WAKEMAN School will close after councillors today unanimously backed plans to axe it under a shake-up of education in the county.
The announcement came as a huge blow to parents, pupils and teachers at the school who were awaiting the decision made at a meeting at Shirehall of Shropshire Council's cabinet.
Campaigners had issued a desperate plea to decision makers to give the school a stay of execution while ideas for a possible federation could be investigated. However, councillors instead unanimously backed council officer recommendations to close it.
The plans will now go out to further consultation and will be rubber-stamped by full council in the summer.
Councillor Nigel Hartin pleaded with fellow cabinet members to call off the decision today to avoid what he fears could be a "horrible" mistake in closing the Wakeman.
