Petition to save Chichester school reaches 1,000 signatures but parents are 'darkly wondering if they have any chance'

By Sam Morton
Published 22nd Oct 2019, 14:49 BST
'Concerned and shocked' residents, past and present parents and former students of Rumboldswhyke school have rallied against the closure proposal. Photo: Kate Shemilt'Concerned and shocked' residents, past and present parents and former students of Rumboldswhyke school have rallied against the closure proposal. Photo: Kate Shemilt
'Concerned and shocked' residents, past and present parents and former students of Rumboldswhyke school have rallied against the closure proposal. Photo: Kate Shemilt
Parents of children at a Chichester primary school are 'darkly wondering if they have any chance' of preventing its closure, despite a petition reaching 1,000 signatures.

'Concerned and shocked' residents, past and present parents and former students of Rumboldswhyke Infant's School rallied against the proposal for the school to be closed alongside four other rural schools in West Sussex, which have ‘exceptionally low pupil numbers’. Also facing the same fate, is Compton and Up Marden school in School Lane, Compton and Stedham Primary School, in Stedham, near Midhurst.

A group named Save Rumboldswhyke Infants’ School was set up last month to form a petition, which has now 'reached a milestone 1,000 signatures'.

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A consultation looking for views on the future of the school was launched earlier this month and a public meeting is due to be held on Thursday, November 7, 6.30pm to 8pm.