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Just to add to this: the understanding of staff at Dulwich Hamlet Junior School which is mentioned in this thread is that the school governors were approached by Southwark officials to discuss the school taking on the Old Bellenden site and opening up a new school in the coming years. The staff and governors were keen to do this - we were all briefed that this was likely to happen and were excited as we love what we do and want to spread out for more children. We were told today by senior management, that this will now not take place -we don't know why, except that Bellenden school will expand into old Bellenden buildings,so we s'pose that's the reason. We don't understand why we were approached in the first place if that was the plan to expand Bellenden school. It seems odd that one minute Southwark wanted us to open a school and the next minute they don't.

sillywoman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hmmm. maybe the Hamlet could use some of that > extra 13% to improve their appalling special needs > provision? > > Bitter? Me? Nahh:X As a member of staff who works in the school I am sorry that you feel like this as we are all very proud of the support that we give to all children, including those who have special needs. Have you expressed your concerns to the management team? What are your ccncerns in particular?