Consultation on proposals to discontinue education provision at St Margaret's RC Primary School

Background

The following schools are directly affected by this proposal:

  • St Margaret’s RC Primary School
  • St Mary’s RC Primary School
  • St Matthew’s RC Primary School
  • Sacred Heart RC Primary School

The following schools are indirectly affected by the proposal:

  • St David’s RC High School
  • Loanhead Primary School

In accordance with the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010, we want to hear your views on the proposal to discontinue primary education provision at St Margaret’s RC Primary School with effect from 1 July 2022.

On these consultation pages you will find information about the proposal, the reasons behind it, its likely impact and how you can tell us what you think about it.

A short survey/questionnaire is included within the proposal. 

We hope as many of you as possible will complete the survey and would like to thank you in advance for taking the time to share your views as they are extremely important to us.

We would like to be as open as possible with the results of this consultation so please note that your response will be anonymised and made public at the end of the consultation period.

You may wish to ensure that you do not give any identifying details in your response. If you don’t wish your response to be made public, you can specify this in the questionnaire and within any written response.

Distribution

A summary of this consultation will be provided to: 

  • The parent councils of the affected schools 
  • The parents of the pupils at the affected schools 
  • Parents of children expected to attend an affected school within 2 years of the date of publication of this proposal document 
  • The pupils, deemed to be of suitable age and maturity to be able to communicate a view on the proposal, at the affected schools 
  • The teaching and ancillary staff at the affected schools 
  • The trade unions representatives of the above staff
  • Representatives of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Midlothian councillors and church representatives of the council
  • Community Council of Loanhead and District, Community Council of Damhead and District, Community Council of Roslin and Bilston 
  • Community Planning Partnership 
  • Relevant users of the affected schools 
  • Constituency MP and MSP 
  • Education Scotland 

A copy of this consultation is also available from: 

  • St Margaret’s RC Primary School, 36 Edgefield Road, Loanhead, EH20 9DY
  • St Mary’s RC Primary School, Rosewell Road, Bonnyrigg, EH19 3HL
  • St Matthew’s RC Primary School, 32 Carnethie Street, Rosewell, EH24 9AT
  • Sacred Heart RC Primary School, Crockett Gardens, Penicuik, EH26 9BB
  • St David’s RC High School, 1 Cousland Road, Dalkeith, EH22 2PS
  • Loanhead Library, The Loanhead Centre, George Avenue, Loanhead, EH20 9LA

How to access the consultation in a different format

The printed document can be made available in alternative formats or in translated form for readers whose first language is not English. Please note however the council's website pages can be translated and read aloud by using the Browsealoud headphones icon at the bottom right hand side of the page. 

If you would like a printed version in another language or format, or if you require the services of an interpreter, please:

Other ways to give us your views

To be taken into consideration, responses to the consultation must be received by 16/11/2021. If you have not filled in the online survey you can email your views to: 

Written responses can be returned to:

  • St Margaret’s Consultation, Freepost SCO 622, Midlothian Council, Dalkeith EH22 1DN

The affected consultees are:

  • The pupils attending St Margaret’s RC Primary School
  • The pupils attending St Mary’s, St Matthew’s and Sacred Heart RC Primary Schools
  • The parent council of St Margaret’s RC Primary School
  • The parent councils of St Mary’s, St Matthew’s and Sacred Heart RC Primary Schools
  • The parents/carers of pupils and children expected to attend St Margaret’s, St Mary’s, St Matthew’s and Sacred Heart RC Primary Schools within two years of the date of publication of the proposal paper
  • The staff employed by the council and based at St Margaret’s, St Mary’s, St Matthew’s and Sacred Heart RC Primary Schools
  • The trade union and professional associations representatives of the above staff
  • The Community Councils of Loanhead and District, Damhead and District, and Roslin and Bilston
  • Community Planning Partnership
  • Other users of St Margaret’s RC Primary School
     

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