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After months of uncertainty, today's Monday Letter from St Bernard's contained some great news:
"The Northamptonshire Diocese has informed the school that they have now officially withdrawn the Expression of Interest from the Department for Education regarding the potential merger of St Bernard's and St Joseph's. This means that Governors can now plan for the future of the school and in due course they will be contacting parents with regards to fund raising and improving the provision for students."
Back in September, Parul Agarwal from DfE replied to my enquiry: The Sponsors have indicated to the Department that they will wish to pursue the idea of an academy in Slough should the capital investment funding become available.
Presumably, therefore, capital investment funding was not available after October's Comprehensive Spending Review.
While this is great news, St Bernard's is still short of funding and the fundamental problem remains whereby Northampton Diocese subsidises the education of the vast majority of students who live outside the Diocese.
On behalf of FaCT, can I urge any parents who are not contributing a decent amount each year to the School Fund to start doing so now.
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