PARENTS PROTEST AGAINST DECISION TO WITHDRAW PLACES FOR THEIR CHILDREN
June 26, 2006 12:00 AM
The parents and families of the two schoolgirls from Otley, who both have special needs, are protesting against the ruling by Education Leeds to withdraw the places which the girls had previously been promised at Corpus Christi Catholic College for the forthcoming academic year.
Marianne Jubb and Tamara Whiteside are both current students at Corpus Christi, yet despite an original verbal agreement to the contrary the girls are not being allowed to repeat year 11 at the school following the decision.
The families of both girls believe that Corpus Christi has catered superbly for the girl's special needs, providing an excellent balance of special and mainstream teaching, which has resulted in the behaviour, happiness and academic progress of the girls improving dramatically during their time at the school. As a result, the families are deeply upset and distraught at the prospect of the girls being forced to move schools, away from an environment where they are happy and comfortable and where they have no desire to leave.
The families believe this decision to be deeply flawed and illegal on various grounds. As a result, to highlight the plight of the girls and in the hope that Education Leeds will reverse their decision, the families plan to take the girls to school tomorrow, the day after the expiration of a deadline set by Education Leeds for the children to leave the school.
Leeds MP Greg Mulholland is fully backing the girls and their families and has written a letter of support which the girl's parents will present to the school tomorrow.
Commenting Greg said:
"This situation is causing huge distress for Marianne and Tamara and their families, and I am calling for Education Leeds to look at its decision again.
Surely a common sense solution is to allow both girls to repeat year 11 in the school environment where they are happy and thriving.
Such decisions must be taken in the best interests of each pupil concerned, not according to other considerations."
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