Glentrool Primary school closure backed by parents

The school was saved from closure three years ago

Parents have backed the closure of a rural school which was kept open by the Scottish government.

Dumfries and Galloway Council made a bid to close Glentrool Primary in 2007 when its roll was four pupils.

Fiona Hyslop, who was education secretary at the time, rejected that attempt to shut the site.

Parents believe the roll, which is now three pupils, is "not sustainable" and the council has been asked to start a fresh bid to close the school.

A meeting of the authority's education committee has agreed to start consultation on the proposal.

The school has one P5 pupil and two children in P6.

The roll is forecast to drop to just one in July 2011 if there are no new enrolments.

Some families in the area have already said they do not wish their children to attend Glentrool and would prefer to use Penninghame Primary in Newton Stewart.

The council is now considering closing the school in the summer with the management of the building transferring to the local community.