United protest to save threatened school

Oct 6 2008 by Gemma Castle, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

UNITED PROTEST TO SAVE CASTLE HALL

The school is one of several threatened with closure under £200m plans unveiled earlier this month by Kirklees Council.

Castle Hall School would go within five years under the Brighter Futures plan, with pupils transferring to Mirfield Free Grammar School, which would expand to more than 2,000 students.

Karen Rowling’s daughter Jemma started at the school last month.

She said: “The disruption this closure would cause on all these kids is unimaginable. If this goes ahead many of them will be in their GCSE year which is obviously a crucial time for them and it’s the last thing they need.

“My youngest daughter Megan is five and the thought of her having to go to a school of over 2,000 is absolutely unbearable.”