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BURY ST EDMUNDS ALL-THROUGH TRUST
Al l-Through Schooli ng
Beeton’s Way, Bury St. Edmunds, IP32 6RF
Telephone (01284) 754857 Fax (01284) 767313
www.burytrust.org
County Upper School - Bury St. Edmunds Academy Trust is
registered i n England and Wales as a charitable company limited by
guarantee and is an exempt charity. Company No: 07697600.Registered
Office: Bury St. Edmunds County Upper School, Beeton’s Way, Bury
St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6RF.
25 April 2016
Dear Sir/Madam
You will know that throughout the SOR consultation and beyond,
the Howard and Mildenhall Road
communities have fought to retain Howard Middle School. Despite
their efforts, that school will
close in July 2016, allowing an expanded Howard Primary School
to open on the site in September
2016. Those who live in this part of the town and who wish their
children to go through the two-tier
system will therefore be able to go to Howard Primary and then
transfer to either King Edward VI
school or, if they prefer, Sybil Andrews Academy. However, this
will not cater for those who wishtheir children to be educated in
our All-Through Trust and to access the middle phase more
locally
than our existing campuses, which are, in any case, full.
You may not be aware that those opposed to the closure of Howard
Middle School wrote to the
Prime Minister on 8th May 2015 urging his new government to
listen to their case. The Trust has
sought a compromise position that does not prevent Suffolk
County Council and the Bury Schools
Partnership from implementing their plans for Howard Primary,
but provides additional middle
phase capacity in line with the wishes of many in the
local community. The Department for
Education has considered our application, via the Free School
route, to open an additional 400-place
middle phase campus, beginning with a year five in September
2017. This is to be located in the
area covered by the IP32 postcode on a site yet to be
determined. In considering our application, theDfE has also
approved a temporary site at our Tollgate Campus for 2016-2017, to
accommodate
pupils currently in years six and seven at Howard Middle
School who wish to continue their
education in the All-Through Trust. This Free School application
has now progressed to the pre-
opening phase and we are required to conduct a public
consultation. The Free School will have the
same ethos, policies, curriculum and assessment methods as the
Trust’s existing middle phase
provision and which Howard Middle School has been
following. Further details of the Bury St
Edmunds All-Through Trust are available on its
website: www.burytrust.org .
If you would like to comment on our proposals, please write to
me at the above address. This letter
can also be found on our website and comments can be emailed
to [email protected] if you
prefer. The public consultation will end on 1st June
and all responses will need to be received bythen.
Yours sincerely
Dr Richard Fletcher
Chairman of the Trust Board
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