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• Question marks still hang over St Ursula's School at Westbury-on-Trym after council agrees to buy the site

  By  Becky_Feather

  Parents, pupils and staff of St Ursula's are hoping to find out more about its future at a meeting...

            

   

  By  Becky_Feather at 20:09 on 20/08/10

  

  Bristol City Council tonight approved the purchase of St Ursula's School site and buildings in Westbury-on-Trym. But parents are still unclear about when the independent school will reopen, whether it will remain as an 'all-through' school or be just for children of primary school age. The Parents' Action Group set up to save the independent school, which was placed into administration earlier this month, are now waiting for a...

• Rescue package for St Ursula's School at Westbury-on-Trym to be debated on Friday

  By  Consultation

  The Council's Cabinet meeting to discuss possible options for St Ursulas School will be webcast to...

            

   

  By  Becky_Feather at 18:38 on 16/08/10

  

  Bristol City Council has just announced that its Cabinet will be holding a special meeting on Friday to make a decision on whether to purchase the land and buildings of St Ursula's School at Westbury-on-Trym from the administrators. In a statement, the council said: "In a strategic bid to preserve the future of education on the site, councillors will consider: 1. That the chief executive be authorised, in consultation with the...

• Agonising wait goes on for final decision on future of troubled St Ursula's School at Westbury-on-Trym

  By  Becky_Feather

  Oasis are hoping to make a positive announcement by tomorrow evening. Chris Thurling, of the St...

            

   

  By  Becky_Feather at 08:43 on 11/08/10

  

  Parents, pupils and staff of St Ursula's School at Westbury-on-Trym must wait at least another week to hear whether a rescue plan will work. They were summoned to a meeting at the troubled independent school last night when many hoped a decision would be announced about its future. Oasis Community Learning, the Christian charity that wants to take over the school from the Sisters of Mercy, the Catholic order which owns the...

• St.Ursula's,hidden agenda?

  By  T_Piper

  Nothing wrong with being a cynic, Sharpshooter. Yep, been thinking along the same lines. The site...

            

   

  By  sharpshooter at 19:04 on 07/08/10

  

  I know that I am a bit of an old cynic,but has anybody used any "Blue Sky Thinking"on this one?When something goes wrong at such a late date one does begin to wonder if there is a hidden agenda at work.I do tend to wonder if Mr.Tesco,or Mr.Sainsburys,or even Mr.Holiday Inn's have been waving ther Cheque Books in front of the Good Sisters?But as I said before "Old Sharpshooter"is a bit of a cynic,and I am to old to...

• St Ursula's School at Westbury-on-Trym goes into adminstration

  By  Becky_Feather

  Anger has been growing in the last 24 hours that the Sisters of Mercy, the Catholic order that...

            

   

  By  Becky_Feather at 19:52 on 03/08/10

  

  St Ursula's School in Westbury-on-Trym went into administration this afternoon at the invitation of the school's trustees. Nigel Morrison and Trevor O'Sullivan, both partners of Grant Thornton, have been appointed joint administrators. Mr O'Sullivan said: "The school has suffered from a progressive decline in pupil numbers – from a peak of about 400 to the current level of about 160 – such that it is no longer...

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