Consultation on the proposal to permanently close Blackness Primary School

On 12 September 2024, the Executive agreed to consult on a proposal for the permanent closure of Blackness Primary School and the rezoning of its catchment area to Grange Primary School from August 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Following the informal mothballing consultation exercise in 2022, it was agreed by the Education, Children and Young People Executive on 31 January 2023, the school should not be mothballed and the school rolls be monitored. The school roll at Blackness Primary School has declined to very low levels in recent years. The catchment roll has remained low and is projected to continue.

Before any final decision can be taken on a permanent school closure proposal, a formal consultation is required in accordance with the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010.

Consultation

The purpose of this formal consultation is to gather the views of those who would be immediately affected by the closure of the school and report back to the Education, Children and Young People Executive at the end of the year before a decision can be made.

The consultation will run from Monday 16 September 2024 to Friday 08 November 2024.

Submit your views via Participate+

Public meetings

In-person meeting

  • 01 October 2024 at 18:30
    An in-person public meeting will be held at Blackness Primary School/Community Hall on Tuesday 01 October 2024 at 18:30.

Online meeting

  • 10 October 2024 at 18:30
    An online meeting will be held on Thursday 10 October 2024 at 6:30pm via MS Teams*.

If you would like to participate in the public online meeting, please email and tell us in what capacity you are participating in to: educ.consultation@falkirk.gov.uk Once this has been confirmed, a Microsoft teams invite and password will be issued. .

Proposal papers

The proposal document and notice of the consultation can be found below:

Consultation notice
DOCX file, 408.6 KB
Proposal document for the permanent closure of Blackness Primary School
DOCX file, 964.9 KB
Appendix 1 to Proposal document - Financial information
XLSX file, 19.2 KB