Education officials deny school merger

Offishearyn-ynsee gobbal dy jean scoillyn covestey

Ta offishearyn-ynsee gobbal faaue dy vel daa vunscoill Ellanagh goll er covestey.

Veih Mean Fouyir, bee un ard-ynseyder, chammah as un chorp ghurneil, ec scoillyn Lacksey as y Dhoon.

Geoffrey Moorcroft, Stiureyder Ynsee, t'eh er ghoaill rish dy jean y briwnys shoh sparail argid reiltys.

Ta kiare feed as tree ynseydee er recortys scoill y Dhoon, as daa cheead as queig ynsydee ec scoill Lacksey.

Y Shirveishagh Ynsee as Paitçhyn, Graham Cregeen, t'eh gra dy vel tradishoonyn liauyr as speeideilagh, chammah as troaryn erbaghtal, ec scoillyn y Dhoon as Lacksey, as dy vel ny scoillyn shoh shirveish ny co-phobbleyn oc dy mie, as cha jean shoh caghlaa.

'Cummee ny scoillyn ny troggalyn, enmyn, eaddagh-scoill, polaseeyn as spyrryd oc, as yiow paarantyn veg dy h-anchaslys bentyn roo shen.'

Dooyrt eh ny sodjey: 'Lurg tammylt dy hraa, leeidee eh dys curriglym smoo lhean, tooilley caaghyn son reddyn noa, cosoylaghey share lesh stundayrtyn, as rheynn share jeh cooid as traenal, as eer gurneilys stroshey.

'Ec y traa t'ayn, ga dy vel ynseydee çheet voish arjdyn soit, foddee dy bee so-lhoobaght ayn bentyn da'n scoill hed ynseydee huggey.

'Bee yn conastey soit er argane-ynsee lajer son scoill veg as scoill jeh mooadys meanagh gobbraghey ry-cheilley ny sniessey.'

Dooyrt Mnr Cregeen nagh vel plannyn ec y Rheynn son conastey scoillyn elley, agh foddee dy bee yn lheid smooinit harrish ayns ardjyn elley, my vees eh cooie.


Education officials deny school merger

Education officials are denying a suggestion two island primary schools are being amalgamated .

From September, Laxey and Dhoon schools will have one head teacher between them and a single, over-arching governing body.
Director of Education Geoffrey Moorcroft has admitted the decision will save government money.

Dhoon School has 83 pupils on the register and Laxey 205.

Minister for Education and Children, Graham Cregeen, said: 'Dhoon and Laxey schools have long and successful traditions, impressive results and serve their communities well and this won't change.

'The schools will retain their buildings, names, uniforms, policies and ethos and pupils and parents will experience little difference in that respect.'

He added: 'It will, in time, lead to a broader curriculum, increased opportunities for innovation, better benchmarking of results across a wider number of pupils, the sharing of resources and training and even stronger governance.

'While at present the schools have catchment areas, there may, in future, be flexibility over which school pupils attend.

'The federation will happen on the basis of a strong educational argument for a small and a medium-sized school working more closely together.'

The department has no plans to federate other schools but may consider it, if appropriate, in other areas of the Island, Mr Cregeen said.