The headteacher of the Malorees Schools has written to parents announcing that the formal consultation on the amalgamation of the Infant and Junior schools has opened:
I am writing to inform you that the formal consultation on the proposed amalgamation of Malorees Infant and Junior Schools has now been launched.
A statutory notice has been placed on the school gates, and all relevant information can be found in the formal proposal which can be found at https://haveyoursay.brent.gov.uk.
It is really important that all parents take the opportunity to share their views on the proposed amalgamation. If you are in favour of the proposal, or not we encourage you to make that viewpoint known as all feedback, will be taken into consideration.
As the consultation is now in its final and formal stage, all comments must be submitted directly on the website, or by post to Brent Council. Please don’t send any comments to the school as they will not count as a formal consultation response.
Thank you for your support.
The Have Your Say webpage has the following introduction:
Malorees Infant and Junior Schools - Formal Consultation
Brent Council has launched a formal consultation regarding the amalgamation of Malorees Infant School and Malorees Junior School.
This would result in the schools joining together to become one primary school, known as Malorees Primary School.
Brent Council, working with the governing body of the two schools, is seeking your views on the proposal to amalgamate Malorees Infant and Junior Schools. This is a unique opportunity to bring two good schools, which are already federated under one governing body, together as a single educational institution. The combined school would build on the existing strengths and good practice within both schools, and over time there would be opportunities to further enhance whole school approaches to improve teaching and learning across all key stages.
Further information is contained in the full proposal document, linked below. Any person may object to or make comments on the proposal by clicking the 'Leave a comment' button on this page.
If you have any questions about the consultation, please contact Michael Rollin at MaloreesConsultation@brent.gov.uk
The closing date for the consultation is Tuesday 10th June 2025.
THE PROPOSAL DOCUMENT (hover your mouse over foot of page 6 and press + to enlarge)
6 comments:
Why as part of the proposal does the school land transfer from the governing body to Brent Council? Who trusts them not to build on it? The other issue is the money lost from the proposal. What on earth are the benefits can somebody answer me.
Extending the school capacity to make it like byron school is bad for this little homely school. Terrible management
How does an amalgamation improve choice for parents? And in these schools who are so closely aligned already, how does an amalgamation improve the quality of teaching or the continuation in curriculum - the curriculum is what it is for each year group. The junior school applied for DFE rebuild scheme funding but with its closure what really happens. Does the ‘expanded’ infant school have to apply again? DFE rejected it last time so what is DFE actually going to do for the infant school?. Other than the council getting freebie land, and skipping out on its obligations to manage its buildings, not seeing many benefits for the school. The reliance on construction and more pupils enrolling and already popular school is risky. So much detail and explanation is missing.
The DfE would have looked at the building condition so the junior school building will still be there after amalgamation so it will still require rebuilding. The hope is that by amalgamating the whole school is rebuilt and not just the junior school building
Why does the combined school have to be under the Council's management? Why cant it be under the Junior School's Federated Governing Body or better still become an Academy?
Brent Council has oversight of local authority schools, managing applications for places across the borough and providing support where necessary, along with SEND provision across the borough. The management of the school is delegated to the Governing Body (strategic issues) and head/senior management (day to day management). It would not be a Federation without including the infant and junior school (you can;t have a Federation of one!) The difference will be that there will be one school, Mora Primary School across ages from 4-11 with a single governing body and a single headteacher. This means that once in Reception children wil be entitled to stay until they are 11 (Year 6) there will be no separate admission into Year 3. Personally ,I can't see any advantage in academisation and there is likely to be a loss of parent representation on the governing body or even the loss of the governing body completely with decisions being made by the academy trust at some distance from the local area. Local authority schools are (despite my no means perfect) more democratically accountable to the local community.
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