plans at this time to make allowance for a total of 50 places within GMPE provision, which will consist of two composite classes across stages P1 to P3 and P4 to P7.have a maximum teacher-pupil ratio of 1:25, hence the maximum places of 50.
This full assessment and subsequent follow-up enquiries with those who had indicated a desire for GMPE indicated a total of five children for commencement in August 2023 and so the threshold was met and the decision was made to introduce GMPE. “As with any new educational offering, we plan for the number of pupils to increase over a period of time.
Furthermore, it said that “changes will be made to the learning and teaching spaces to ensure that these are appropriate for learners” and in addition “improvements will also be made to communal facilities which will also be accessible to English medium learners". When asked about the cost of this, a council spokesperson responded that this will be determined on a case-by-case basis.