Closure of Roy Bridge Primary School

Members at today’s meeting of The Highland Council agreed to discontinue the provision of education at Roy Bridge Primary School.

The original public consultation on the proposal to close the school ran from 24 November 2021 to 21 January 2022.

Last month, the Council’s Education Committee Members were presented a report following the public consultation period. It was then agreed by Education Committee Members at the meeting on 29 September 2022 to recommend, to Members at today’s meeting, that Roy Bridge Primary School be permanently closed.

Full details on the reasons for the recommendation are contained within the Final Report and associated papers which are available to view on the Council’s website.

The Council has notified Scottish Ministers of this decision and provided them with a copy of the Proposal Paper and Consultation Report.

They have an 8-week period from the date of the decision (27 October 2022) to decide if they will intervene by issuing a call-in notice. Within the first 3 weeks of that 8-week period, they will take account of any relevant representations made to them by any person on whether the decision should be called in, or not called in, for review by a School Closure Review Panel. 

All representations should be sent by the deadline of midnight on Wednesday 16 November 2022 at the latest. 

Anyone wishing to make a representation to the Scottish Ministers is asked to email schoolclosure@gov.scot or write to the School Infrastructure Unit, Scottish Government, 2-D (S) Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ. Full details on the reasons for the recommendation are contained within the Final Report and associated papers.