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'Smallest' rural school to close

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Cabrach Primary's remaining two pupils have enrolled at another school.

2 pupils · remaining pupils spokesman for Moray Council, spokesman

Cabrach Primary's two remaining pupils have enrolled at another school.

2 pupils · remaining pupils spokesman for Moray Council, spokesman

Cabrach Primary's enrollment fell to zero after its two remaining pupils left.

2 · pupils

Parents said the cost of keeping Cabrach open was £100,000.

100000 GBP · cost of keeping Cabrach open parents of Mortlach Primary pupils, parents

Moray Council planned to close the school in 2008.

2008 · planned closure year Moray Council, council

Keeping Cabrach Primary open costs £100,000.

100000 £ · cost of keeping Cabrach open parents of Mortlach Primary, parents

Parents said keeping Cabrach Primary open would cost £100,000.

100000 £ · cost of keeping Cabrach open parents

Mortlach Primary in Dufftown has 146 pupils.

146 pupils · Mortlach Primary enrolment parents of Mortlach Primary pupils, parents

A spokesman for Moray Council stated that the two pupils from Cabrach Primary had enrolled at another school.

2 · pupils A spokesman

Parents whose children attend Mortlach Primary School initiated a campaign to close Cabrach two days prior to the news.

2 days · after campaign initiation parents whose children attend neighbouring Mortlach Primary School

Parents argued that the £100,000 cost of keeping Cabrach open was diverting cash from other schools.

100000 £ · cost of keeping Cabrach open parents

Helena Sherakovska's two children attended Cabrach Primary.

2 · children Helena Sherakovska

Parents of Mortlach Primary in Dufftown, which has 146 pupils, launched a petition to close Cabrach.

146 · pupils parents of Mortlach Primary

Council officials are expected to initiate the school's closure at a meeting of the authority's policy and resources committee, due to take place next week.

next 1 week · meeting Council officials

Moray Council had planned to close the school in 2008, but the proposal was rejected by the Scottish government.

2008 · planned closure Moray Council

Parents of 146 pupils of Mortlach Primary in Dufftown launched a petition aimed at having Cabrach closed.

146 · pupils parents of the 146 pupils of Mortlach Primary in Dufftown, parents

Moray Council had planned to close the school in 2008.

2008 · school closure plan Moray Council, council

The smallest school in Moray looks set to close after its two pupils left.

A spokesman for Moray Council said the brother and sister who had attended Cabrach Primary had now enrolled at another school.

The news comes two days after parents whose children attend neighbouring Mortlach Primary School initiated a campaign to close Cabrach.

They had argued the £100,000 cost of keeping Cabrach open was diverting cash from the area's other school.

Helena Sherakovska, whose two children attended Cabrach, had argued that it was short-sighted to reduce the argument on the school's future to one of cost alone.

Her comments came in response to parents of the 146 pupils of Mortlach Primary in Dufftown, who had launched a petition aimed at having Cabrach closed.

Council officials are expected to initiate the school's closure at a meeting of the authority's policy and resources committee, due to take place next week.

Moray Council had planned to close the school in 2008, however the proposal was rejected by the Scottish government.

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