Tell Surrey Council: Merrow schools should be for the whole community

Surrey County Council has launched a second consultation on the future of Merrow C of E Controlled Infant School and Merrow Junior School.

This is in repsonse to the first consultation, which say 67% of respondents reject plans to close Merrow Junior School and merge it into the faith school.

In this second consultation Surrey County Council has now proposed two options: merge the schools into a faith school, or merge the schools into a foundation school of no religious character.

Please respond to the consultation and make the case for Surrey County Council to merge the schools into a foundation school that will serve the whole community.

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If you are a teacher, parent, or guardian it would be great if you could personalise your response with reflections on your or your child’s experiences.

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<div>Dear Surrey County Council,</div><div> </div><div>I am writing to express my support for the proposal to amalgamate Merrow C of E Controlled Infant School and Merrow Junior School to form a Foundation Primary School with no religious character.<p class="isSelectedEnd">A school of no religious character would best serve the whole Merrow community. Surrey is religiously diverse, with 36.6% of residents identifying as having no religion and many others belonging to religions other than Christianity. The merged school should welcome all children and families equally, regardless of religion or belief, and should not give one religious tradition a privileged status.</p><p class="isSelectedEnd">The original consultation showed that the proposed Church of England designation was the main source of concern for many respondents. A Foundation Primary School would address those concerns while still allowing the two schools to amalgamate and provide an all-through primary school.</p><p class="isSelectedEnd">It would also reflect the fact that Merrow Junior School is currently a successful school of no religious character. The merged school should be inclusive of all local children, including those from Christian, other religious, and non-religious families.</p><p>For these reasons, I believe a Foundation Primary School with no religious character would be the fairest and most inclusive outcome for the whole Merrow community.</p></div>

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Tell Surrey Council: Merrow schools should be for the whole community

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