Proposals and Consultation for Education Provision at Forteviot Primary School

School closure decision

As of Friday 28 June 2019, Forteviot Primary School will be permanently closed.  Pupils of Forteviot Primary School catchment area will permanently receive their education at Forgandenny Primary School from 1 July 2019.  The Forteviot catchment area will be permanently rezoned to Forgandenny Primary School from 1 July 2019.

This decision follows the completion of a statutory consultation undertaken in line with the requirements of the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010. The decision was not called-in by Scottish Ministers and the Council received consent to implement its decision on Thursday 20 December 2018.

Notice of decision of Lifelong Learning Committee

The Lifelong Learning Committee considered the findings of the statutory consultation Report No 18/350 (PDF, 259 KB) and Appendix A (PDF, 473 KB) on 31 October 2018 and approved the implementation of the the proposal to close Forteviot Primary School with effect from 28 June 2019 and was satisfied to do so for the reasons set out in the Committee Report (18/350) and Appendix in accordance with Section 11A(3) of the Schools Consultation (Scotland) Act 2010, as amended.

Notification and representation to Scottish Ministers

As a result of the Lifelong Learning Committee's final decision made on 31 October 2018 to approve the proposal to close Forteviot Primary School, the Council has informed Scottish Ministers of this decision in accordance with Section 15 (2) and 2(A) of the Schools Consultation (Scotland) Act 2010, as amended.

The legislation allows for any person to make representations either against or to support the closure to Scottish Ministers within three weeks of the Council taking their final decision to implement a closure proposal. Any representations to Scottish Ministers need to be with the Ministers within three weeks of this date. Therefore, any representations must be made to Scottish Ministers by midnight on Tuesday 20 November 2018.

Anyone wishing to make representation to Scottish Ministers during the three week period referred to above should do so by email to schoolestate@gov.scot or in writing to:

The Scottish Government
School Infrastructure Unit
Area 2A (South)
Victoria Quay
EDINBURGH
EH6 6QQ

The Scottish Ministers have a period of eight weeks following an authority's decision in which to decide whether to call in the decision or not.

Further information is available by contacting:

The Schools Consultations Team
Tel: 01738 476218
Email: ECSStatutoryConsultations@pkc.gov.uk (please indicate Forteviot Primary School in the email subject header)

Publication of consultation report

The next stage of the consultation process below was the publication of the report on the outcome and findings of the Statutory Consultation. The Consultation Report (PDF, 274 KB) was published from Friday 14 September 2018 until Friday 5 October 2018. This allowed for a full three week review of the document prior to a final Lifelong Learning Committee decision on Wednesday 31 October 2018.

Proposals and consultation for education provision at Forteviot Primary School    

The Lifelong Learning Committee on Wednesday 24 August 2016 approved Report No 16/347 (PDF, 139 KB) which proposed a review of Perth and Kinross Council's School Estate. Further approval was given by the Lifelong Learning Committee on 2 November 2016 (Report No 16/485 (PDF, 1 MB) refers) to the development of a number of Options Appraisals, including for Forteviot Primary School.

Following this, Report No 18/14 (PDF, 218 KB) was presented to the Lifelong Learning Committee on Wednesday 24 January 2018. This report presented an Options Appraisal (PDF, 2 MB) containing an Educational Benefits Statement regarding Forteviot Primary School. As a result, the Committee approved to prepare and publish a proposal paper (PDF, 2 MB) and commence formal consultation on the following proposals:

• Education provision at Forteviot Primary School be permanently discontinued with effect from 28 June 2019, or as soon as possible thereafter;
• That the pupils of Forteviot Primary School catchment area permanently receive their education at Forgandenny Primary School from 1 July 2019, or as soon as possible thereafter; and
• That the delineated catchment area of Forgandenny Primary School be permanently extended to subsume the whole delineated catchment area of Forteviot Primary School from 1 July 2019.

Formal consultation

The consultation was undertaken in line with the requirements of the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010.

The consultation period ran from Monday 19 March 2018 until Thursday 17 May 2018, which included a period of 31 school days.

A public notice (PDF, 21 KB) was placed in the local press.

Public meetings

A public meeting was held to discuss the proposals and the proposal paper (PDF, 2 MB). The meeting was an opportunity for interested parties to:

• Hear more about the proposals;
• Ask questions about the proposals; and
• Have their views recorded so that they could be taken into account as part of the consultation process.

Anyone wishing to attend was invited to do so.

The public meeting were held as follows:

A note of questions and views was taken at the meeting. The note is published on this site (above) and a printed copy will be made available upon request to the Schools Consultation Team (details below).