A 300-year-old Stewartry school could close for good

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zero due to a combination of a lack of primary school aged children and parental choice. “It is clear from the projected school roll figures that, if the school were to be re-opened, it would remain a school with a total roll in single figures or still at zero.“There are several educational issues that arise from such a low school roll figure.”The school has been mothballed for almost two years since the last P7 pupils left.Other options include reopening Carsphairn with its current or extended catchment area or contiued mothballing.

But unless young families move in to create new demand the future looks bleak. “There is no realistic prospect of a significant rise in the local population of school age children that would allow the school.