After two previous campaigns to try to keep a village school for the children of Church Lawford and King’s Newnham, the village communities were called upon once again to fight to try to save their school. During the latter part of 1993 the Local Education Authority considered going back to a junior school model, thus removing the need for First schools. They set their sights on closing o village school that was such a fine example of what benefits could be brought to the children of a village community. More details on the programme of cuts in the local area, and the efforts to save the school are detailed here.
As before a campaign group was assembled, and the follies of the decision were clearly laid out, and viable alternatives were proposed, with appropriate coverage given in the local press. The Research Section of this archive has a collection of clippings from that period.
Despite all of these efforts the LEA stuck to their original decision and the school closed in 1996 – see here for details of the final days of the Village School.
During the final days of the school an exhibition was created to highlight the history of the schools (old and new) as well as the work of the children – the content from the exhibition has also been preserved in the Research Section.