Axe hangs over popular primary school's future

By The Newsroom
Published 31st Jan 2017, 07:24 BST
Parents of children at an Augher Primary School have reacted with dismay to plans to close the school at the end of the summer.

Education chiefs have just concluded a consultation on the proposed closure of St Brigid’s Primary School, which has been suggested could take place on August 31, just months away.

The enrolment at the Clogher Valley Catholic primary has decreased steadily over the past five years. At the time of the last education inspection report in 2012 it stood at just 35 pupils. However, numbers have now dwindled to just 19 pupils.

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