The Closure of Rural Primary Schools in Scotland

The motion

That the Parliament notes the concerns of local communities and parents about the continuing closure of rural primary schools across Scotland; regrets the closure of rural primary schools, especially in cases where they are well attended and enjoy widespread parental and community support; recognises the vital role that rural primary schools play in sustaining community life, often in some of our most marginal, fragile and remote communities, and the part they play in providing a diverse educational infrastructure, thus helping to allow parents to exercise choice in placing their children in schools; acknowledges that rural primary schools often provide a first-class standard of education to pupils, and calls on the Scottish Executive to respond to the continuing concerns of rural parents and communities about rural primary school closures by taking action to tighten the rules on rural school closures, providing new guidelines on this subject and introducing a national presumption against the closure of rural schools.


No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

1. S2M-02263.1
   The Closure of Rural Primary Schools in Scotland

   Christine Grahame SNP Lodged 17 Jan 2005
   No recorded vote
2. S2M-02263.2
   The Closure of Rural Primary Schools in Scotland

   John Home Robertson Lab Lodged 3 Feb 2005
   No recorded vote

Con 16 Green 5 SSP 3 Ind 1 SSCUP 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2M-02263 by reference.