CAMPAIGNERS have asked for public support in their bid to open the country’s last single-sex state funded secondary school to boys as well as girls.
A consultation into the proposal for Notre Dame High School is being launched today by Glasgow City Council.
While the consultation is supported by campaigners, they are dismayed over the exclusion of St Charles’ Primary from the proposed catchment.
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“This is causing division within our learning community,” said Viv Millar, St Charles’ Primary and LCR Parent Council spokesperson.
“We wholeheartedly support the spirit of the consultation and the potential for the school to serve its local community more fully but we challenge the proposed catchment which does not provide a level playing field for local primary schools.
“Therefore, we would urge everyone responding to the consultation to support the co-ed option and to request the inclusion of boys and girls from St Charles’ Primary.”
Parent and spokesperson for Notre Dame High 4 All, Jill Grady, pointed out that only 19% of places at the school were filled by local girls.
“The rest come from far outside of our community and outside Glasgow making Notre Dame High a city-wide school by default,” she said.
“The school runs under capacity – currently 83 seats are unfilled every day – while local boys are forced to take part in a placing request lottery to go to their local school not knowing where they will end up. Many of them must walk past Notre Dame High each day to schools far outside their local community.
“We need the help of the people of Glasgow in making that change and we would urge everyone who believes in change and in fairness to make their views known in the consultation.”
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