Droylsden Academy

Decision notice 28 January 2009

Adjudicator publishes decision on proposals by Tameside metropolitan borough council to close Droylsden school mathematics and computing college for girls and Littlemoss high school for boys, Droylsden, Lancashire from 31 August 2009.

The adjudicator, Ms June Brown, approved proposals to close Droylsden School Mathematics and Computing College for Girls and Littlemoss High School for Boys from 31 August 2009 conditional on the Secretary of State signing an Academy Funding Agreement by 30 April 2009.

The co-educational Academy, sponsored by Tameside College, would then open on 1st September 2009, initially in the existing buildings of the two closing schools. A new Academy building for 1200 students aged 11-18 will be constructed on the girls' school site. In making her decision, Ms Brown also agreed to revoke previous closure proposals for the two schools and a linked proposal that would have replaced them with a community school.

Notes to Editors

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