And, as expected Labour are behind this idea - over green belt land I may add.

At what cost? I would expect a lot of funding is being applied for.

It seems this merger will cost a lot more than was first suggested and I wonder if the heads of all school who said it may effect their school budget if the merger did not happen know about more money that will be needed. Will this affect their budgets?

There's a problem as we know with the falling rolls: the new school will not be big enough for the pupils in the catchment area. Indeed on the council website the figures seem to point out no real falling rolls.

So I'll just point this out to all parents of feeder schools: your child may not get in to the new school and will have to find another secondary. So what are your options? Well Bradfield will be full and the new school will not be big enough, so it's a case of travelling across town or whereever for your child!

Lib Dems pointed out problems over the new school not being big enough, traffic problems etc etc and the minister, Jim Knight agreed but did not listen. in fact he blackmailed Sheffield: if the merger does not happen, Sheffield will not get funding for all its schools.

I've asked a solicitor about this and he says this can't be done legally - in fact there could be court action if the Labour Party did.

. I know a lot of teachers at Wisewood do not want this merger and have been told to not speak out in case of losing their job (this was under the Labour council). Time to fight for your jobs in my opinion.

Mr Clapham, Wisewood



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