We are disappointed with the response, including several contestable points, and CBC’s admission that the five pledges – upon which BEST's support for the Schools for the Future programme was conditional – cannot all be met.

We feel sharing the letter, from the council's leader Councillor Richard Wenham, with our communities is the right thing to do as this is a clear departure from the cluster plan agreed as part of a public consultation process in the summer of 2020.

Both Cllr Wenham's letter, and a further letter to our communities from our Trustees, can be read in full below.