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£4,860
raised of £40,000 target by 34 supporters

    Iʼve raised £4,860 to save Lerryn village primary school

    lerryn
    Funded on Friday, 27th October 2023

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    The 'small but mighty' Lerryn CofE Primary School in the village of Lerryn, Cornwall, needs to raise £40k to keep second teacher at their school to avoid ultimate closure. Parents and members of the local community need to raise the money in a matter of weeks if they hope to maintain the current level of education at the local village school.

    St Barnabas MAT, who took over the running of the school last year, have confirmed plans to reduce the current two-classroom, two-teacher setup to a one-class arrangement due to low children numbers and strained finances. Under the proposed plans, a single teacher will cover lessons for both key stage 1 and key stage 2 children (years 1-6), as well as reception and nursery children, with assistance from two part-time HLTAs.

    Parents at the school fear for their children's education under the proposed plan, and for the potential growth in years to come, believing that continuing as planned could cause the eventual closure of the school.

    All funds received will be held by the Lerryn School Association and used to secure the hiring of a qualified teacher for the coming academic year, work with the MAT to build children numbers and secure a promising future for the school and its children.

    The village is also calling on the Trust, as well as other interested parties, to help make up the short-fall in funding for next year, giving time to enable the school to grow to sustainable levels.

    Katrine Musgrave, Chair of Lerryn School Association, said:

    We have dedicated parents, a committed village community, and an LSA who in the last 2 school years has raised nearly £4000, that are willing to work together with the Trust to improve children numbers, help with financial roadblocks and retain the desired two class structure. We formed the Lerryn School Action Group to work collaboratively with the new Head and Trust with the sole focus of stabilising and improving the school.




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    • Lerryn School Association1 year ago
      Lerryn School Association

      Lerryn School Association

      1 year ago

      Hello everyone, we're sorry its been a while, but as always we've been very busy and have a new total to share with you, a whopping £29,786! Many generous donations have been coming in from those in and around the village, and this has made such a massive difference as we are now in the process of working with the trust to hire a teacher! While this is not yet finalised, you can now hopefully see the difference you have all made. Thank you again!

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    • Lerryn School Association1 year ago
      Lerryn School Association

      Lerryn School Association

      1 year ago

      Sorry its been a while since the last update, but we've been very busy! We have a new total of £18,068 and we are so thankful to everyone who has contributed and helped us so far. We will also be able to update soon on some further pledges that we have received recently... watch this space!

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    • Lerryn School Association1 year ago
      Lerryn School Association

      Lerryn School Association

      1 year ago

      A great start to the week - we have a new total of £15,403! Thank you to everyone who is supporting us - we are feeling very grateful

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    1 year ago

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    Supporters

    34

    • Alan Crowther

      Alan Crowther

      Oct 8, 2023

      From a visitor to your lovely village

      £25.00

    • Forever Cornwall

      Forever Cornwall

      Oct 3, 2023

      We are keen to support this school and hope that the target is met so that the school can be saved!

      £250.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Oct 3, 2023

      From a visitor to your lovely village this summer.

      £5.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Sep 7, 2023

      You deserve all our support.Keep going!

      £1,000.00

    • Ben Davis

      Ben Davis

      Aug 16, 2023

      Good luck in raising the funding

      £100.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Jul 20, 2023

      Hope you manage to save this vital village asset.

      £200.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Jul 14, 2023

      £25.00

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