Gergask School closure: now it's down to Holyrood

Highland Council has formally closed Laggan's Gergask Primary School and now the permanent closure awaits the rubber stamp of Scottish ministers.

The council decided yesterday at its full meeting.

All school closures in Scotland must be ratified by Scottish Ministers, who now have eight weeks to decide if they will intervene by issuing a call-in notice.

Within the first three weeks of that eight-week period, they will take account of any relevant representations made to them by any person on whether the decision should be called in, or not called in, for review by a School Closure Review Panel.

A spokesman for the council pointed out that anyone wishing to make a representation to the Scottish Ministers can email schoolclosure@gov.scot or write to the School Infrastructure Unit, Scottish Government, 2-D (S) Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ, by midnight on Wednesday, April 3.

Full details of the reasons for the recommendation are contained within the Final Report and associated papers, can be accessed here.

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