Foveran School and Tipperty School

Update - On 24 April 2025, Aberdeenshire Council made the decision to merge Foveran School and Tipperty School from August 2025.

Scottish Ministers are required to review the decision making process before the merger of the schools can proceed. The public can request a review of the decision by Ministers by either emailing schoolclosure@gov.scot(External link) or writing to The Scottish Government, School Infrastructure Unit 2A (South) Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ. Any representations must be made to Scottish Ministers by 14 May 2025.

The survey and consultation has now closed. All written and oral responses any other relevant documentation have been sent to Education Scotland for their consideration. Education Scotland will produce a report addressing the educational aspects of the proposal. Officers will review the proposal in the context Education Scotland report, survey results, oral and written representations and produce a final report on the consultation. The report will be considered by Formartine Area Committee, then Education and Children's Services Committee on 20 March 2025 and a final decision on the proposal will be made by Full Council on 24 April 2025.

The council is proposing that Foveran School and Tipperty School should merge and operate as a single school from August 2025. Both buildings would remain and operate as one school with a new identity, delivering P1 to P7 education.

The consultation ran from 14th October 2024 until 13th December 2024, and a public meeting was held on 5th December 2024. Following the statutory consultation period, officers submitted the proposal document, survey results, written and oral representations, and other relevant documentation to Education Scotland for their consideration. Education Scotland produced a report addressing the educational aspects of the proposal.

Officers reviewed the proposal in the context of the education Scotland Report, survey results, oral written representations and produced a final report on the consultation.

The consultation report will be presented at Formartine Area Committee on 4 March 2025, the Education and Children’s Services Committee on 20 March 2025, and the final decision on the proposal will be made by Full Council on 24 April 2025.

The proposal document and associated appendices can be found using the following link https://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/schools/school-info/education-consultations/

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