Two primary schools that were ordered by the Department for Education to become academies are set to close because no academy trust would take them on.
Surrey County Council this week launched public consultations on plans to shut Green Oak C of E Primary in Godalming and Ripley C of E Primary, Ripley.
Ofsted rated the former “inadequate” last March, while the latter received the same grade in June.
Under the 2016 Education and Adoption Act, all “inadequate” maintained schools must be turned into academies. The government issued directive academy orders for both schools.
The two consultations on closing the schools both say: “The effect of the order is that the school must be placed within a multi-academy trust (MAT) to secure its future. As no appropriate MAT has been identified to take the school forward, it is necessary for the council to undertake consultation on the future provision at the school.”