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Publication - Correspondence

Crossroads Primary School closure decision: letter to Moray Council

Published
15 July 2025
Directorate
Learning Directorate
Topic
Education

Letter from Learning Directorate to Moray Council, with decision to close Crossroads Primary School.

Part of

To: Vivienne Cross, Moray Council
From: Jennifer Staermose-Johnson, Learning Directorate

15 July 2025

SCHOOLS (CONSULTATION) (SCOTLAND) ACT 2010: MORAY COUNCIL – CROSSROADS PRIMARY SCHOOL

I refer to Andy Hall’s email of 22 May 2025 notifying Scottish Ministers of Moray Council’s decision of 21 May 2025 to implement the proposal to close Crossroads Primary School. Ministers have considered this proposal in line with the requirements set out in the Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”).

Under section 17 of the 2010 Act, Ministers may only issue a call-in notice if it appears to them that the education authority may have failed:

(a) in a significant regard to comply with the requirements imposed on it by (or under) the Act so far as they are relevant in relation to the closure proposal, or

(b) to take proper account of a material consideration relevant to its decision to implement the proposal.

Section 15(2) of the 2010 Act requires an education authority to provide a copy of the proposal paper, and the consultation report prepared under the Act to Ministers when notifying them of a closure proposal.

Section 15(4) of the 2010 Act requires Ministers to take into account any relevant representations made to them by any person during the three week period from the date that a closure decision is made. In relation to this closure proposal, the three week period began on 21 May 2025 and expired on 10 June 2025. No representations were received.

Having reviewed the documents provided by Moray Council under section 15(2) and considered all relevant representations made under section 15(4), Ministers consider that Moray Council has fulfilled its obligations under the 2010 Act and do not intend to issue a call-in notice for this proposal.

Moray Council may now implement its decision to close Crossroads Primary School in line with the timescales set out in its proposal paper. As noted in Education Scotland’s report on the proposal, Moray Council should ensure they work with the community around their concerns that the school site should not be left to deteriorate but quickly be made available for another use.

Yours sincerely,

Jennifer Staermose-Johnson
Head of School Funding, Infrastructure & Organisation Unit
Learning Directorate
 

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