A Barrow school is hosting a public consultation on its plans to join the South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust.
Newbarns Primary and Nursery School will host the meeting at the school on Thursday February 9 from 5pm to 6.30pm with a question and answer session about the proposal to academise.
It will be led by headteacher Gary Birkett who said the feedback he had received from staff and parents so far had been positive.
He will be joined by Professor Andrew Wren, who is executive headteacher and CEO of the trust, director of marketing and communications Kathryn Kittley and Steve Jefferson, who is headteacher of SCMAT’s first member school Chetwynde.
Mr Birkett said: “This part of the process is very important because it gives a chance to everyone connected with Newbarns School to find out more about what academisation will mean for us and a platform to have their say on the proposal. There will be a short presentation and then we want to hear people’s views.”
Newbarns is set to join Chetwynde, Ormsgill and Vickerstown schools in the SCMAT, which launched in September 2021, with other schools at early stages of the application process.
People can ask questions in person at the event or via a form on the school’s website.
