Highdown Infant School

Calendar of Events – Portishead

Another school holiday is upon us and many of us are searching for ideas for family outings. I’ve just added lots more new listings so hopefully you’ll find something of interest on the events calendar. Thanks again to everyone who has sent me their updates – please keep them coming!

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School Snow Closures – 18/1/13

It’s Snowing!!

And in case you haven’t managed to find out about your school yet, here are the school Closures in Portishead and North Somerset as announced by North Somerset Council

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Highdown Schools Consultation Document (HD4)

Here’s the link to the consultation document regarding the provision of education at High Down Infant and Junior Schools plus timings for the meetings where parents and the public are invited to learn more and have their say about the process.

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Portishead Schools Expansion – Council Response (HD3)

The proposal to expand Highdown Infant and Junior schools continues to be a hot topic amongst Portishead parents. Tanya Slatters letter highlighted many of these issues. The council have issued a detailed response to the points raised.

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Portishead Schools Expansion – a Viable Proposal? (HD1)

You may have heard about North Somerset’s proposals to extend school place capacity in Portishead by 210 places. One of their suggestions is to convert both High Down Infants and High Down Juniors into two separate 420 place Primary Schools as of September 2013. This single action would solve Portishead’s places shortage and provide all the additional places required – or would it?

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