Islington Council's executive agreed last week (February 8) to issue a statutory notice to amalgamate Montem Primary School with nearby Duncombe Primary School on August 31. It comes despite more than 250 parents whose children go to Montem saying they oppose the plans in an informal consultation carried out at the end of last year.
The law requires schools that have received an 'inadequate' rating from Ofsted to become an academy. Pooles Park was given the education watchdog's lowest rating following an inspection in November 2022, with The Bridge Academy Trust subsequently receiving approval to run the school. This effectively saved the school from closure, formally taking it from local authority control and allowing it to receive its funding directly from the government. Islington Council says this meant it had no choice but to look at other solutions to combat falling pupil rolls in the area, eventually settling on the Montem merger.
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