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- Council to spend £10.4m to expand four primaries
- Uplift spotlight turns to Hampton North
- Green Flag Award hope for Crane Park
- Youth events to discuss Twickenham Youth provision
- Parents to have their say about Catholic Secondary School
- Bills cut by £80,000 in Low Carbon Zone
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- New guide an essential tool to support local shops
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- Keeping Richmond warm this winter
- Mayor to celebrate Scots’ history
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- Call for local artists to open studios
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- Tangley is home to new family centre
- Young people asked about the future of Twickenham youth provision
- Latest move on Clifden School site
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- Cracking down on Blue Badge fraud
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- Recycle Christmas trees
Release Date: 13/01/2012
Parents to have their say about Catholic Secondary School
Parents around the borough will be consulted for eight weeks from the 20th January on the best use of the Clifden Road site in Twickenham.
Following the Secretary of State’s decision to grant permission to allow the Diocese of Westminster to propose the establishment of a Catholic Secondary School in Richmond upon Thames, officers have met with the Diocese to discuss next steps and establish the Diocese’s timetable for a statutory proposal to establish the school.
From the 20th January, parents across the borough are invited to submit their views online on the best use of the Clifden Road site via a dedicated online webpage. The site will be publicised through schools, libraries and other public locations.
Cllr Paul Hodgins, Richmond Council Cabinet Member for Schools, said:
“Over the past year this Council has emphasised its commitment to secondary school capacity, quality, and choice for all residents. This includes working with existing schools and academies to ensure that there are overall improvements in standards so that all borough parents have an excellent local secondary school to which their child can be admitted. We also have committed our support for sixth forms, increasing capacity at current schools and continuing the Council’s longstanding supportof adding a Catholic secondary to the borough.
“We have now received a decision that the Diocese of Westminster will be consulting this month with local people, prior to publishing statutory proposals for a five-form entry Catholic secondary school and a one form entry primary school on the Clifden Road site. Whilst they undertake their consultation, we will conduct our ownfull public consultation.
Lord True, Leader of Richmond Council, added:
“The debate over a new Catholic school has understandably been vigorous, with strong feelings on both sides. There are many issues involved, including the role of faith schools in our system, capacity and quality for all residents, and the use of public funds. All of these issues are addressed in detail in our consultation, where we have provided a full background as to why a Catholic secondary school is necessary in this borough, by looking at issues such as the pressures on our primary school places, the impact of free schools, sixth forms and developments in our neighbouring boroughs.
“We have madecommitments both to support the introduction of aCatholic Secondary Schooland to listen to the views of residents. We will honour both commitments, and we will make a decision based on all factors. I urge all parents in the borough to have their say about the future of our secondary system.”
Further information about the future of the Clifden site consultation will be available on the front of the Council website at www.richmond.gov.uk Once both the Council’s consultation and the Diocese’s consultation are complete, all results will be presented to the Council’s Cabinet for a decision.
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