Proposals to install a joint head teacher for Chryston Primary and High schools have been dropped, with North Lanarkshire councillors set to consider the wider proposals for the multi-establishment leadership model (MELM) in the new year.
The unpopular plans for the two Lindsaybeg Road schools have been abandoned on “business case grounds”, officially due to significant projected rises in pupil numbers over the next five years; with new council leader Jordan Linden previously noting he had “ensured officers ended the trial following representation from parents and councillors”.
Elected members agreed that the Chryston plan should no longer be pursued; and while they unanimously supported an additional recommendation that the education committee should be issued with a detailed report on future shared headship plans, a tabled amendment to “cease all pilot and consultation approaches” until then did not progress as the principle was agreed as recently as February’s budget.
