Fountains Earth Primary School: Last ditch bid to save rural Yorkshire school with no pupils rejected by councillors

North Yorkshire Council’s executive met last month in Northallerton to approve the closure following a consultation. It took effect at the end of March. The school in Lofthouse near Pateley Bridge faced dwindling pupil numbers in recent years and had no pupils on its books. The school received a ‘good’ rating from Ofsted less than two years ago.

Coun Murday again called for an investigation to take place first into the leadership of the Upper Nidderdale Federation which ran the school related to its academic and financial performance as well as communication with parents. He added: “There is a problem throughout the country in funding rural schools. They are really important parts of the community.

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