I am sure you will be aware that from September 2012 the Whitcliffe Mount pyramid of schools will change from a 3 tier to a 2 tier education system. From that date Whitcliffe Mount B & E College will take children in Year 7 from the age of 11, following the closure of the middle schools.
Choices for future school places for parents and carers of pupilscurrently in Year 6 and 7 at Birkenshaw Middle School Information has been sent to all parents and carers of pupils currently in Year 6 and 7 at Birkenshaw Middle School about choices for future secondary school places.
The Local Authority have started a statutory consultation process surrounding the revised proposals for the closure of Birkenshaw Middle School. It is proposed that the school will close in August 2013.
However, some parents of pupils at Birkenshaw Middle School have asked the Local Authority whether it would be possible for their child to transfer to secondary school in September 2012 at the same time as all the other pupils of the same age in the other three closing middle schools in the Whitcliffe Mount pyramid of schools.
If you would wish to pursue Option C (see below), you need to fill in your response sheet and hand it to the Head teacher, Mrs Jagger, by the last day of autumn term, Friday 16th December 2011*.
Option C
September 2012: Transfer to Y6 / Y7 at Whitcliffe Mount – Specialist Business & Enterprise College
From September 2012, Whitcliffe Mount - Specialist Business and Enterprise College will be the 11-16 school serving the area and the designated receiving school for all pupils in the Middle Schools that are closing. A place in year 6 / 7 in September 2012 has been reserved for all Middle School pupils who wish to transfer.