A pupil has lost a legal fight over consultation on the future of a 300-year-old voluntary aided Church of England School.
The girl, backed by parents, complained that a council consultation on the future of Raine’s Foundation School in Bethnal Green, east London, was a sham and should be halted pending a High Court review.
She said Tower Hamlets Council had already decided to shut Raine’s. Council bosses disputed her claims and said no decision had been made.
A Judge, who was told that Raine’s was one of the oldest schools of its kind in London, ruled in their favour. Mr Justice Johnson, who analysed arguments at a High Court hearing in London, blocked the girl’s bid for a judicial review after concluding that she had no chance of winning.
The girl, a year 8 pupil at Raine’s, was not named at the hearing or in court papers. Lawyers said her mother had instructed lawyers on her behalf.
Article originally appeared on Premier
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