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 | | Friday, 16 November, 2001, 20:41 GMT Two Bristol secondary schools 'to close'  Lawrence Weston School in the smallest in Bristol Two Bristol secondary schools have been put on the closure list after a review of education across the city. A new school is likely to be built in the north of the city. No decision has been made on whether to establish an Asian school in Bristol. One of the schools facing closure, Lawrence Weston, was filmed for a BBC series on troubled institutions by the business guru Sir John Harvey Jones. Lockleaze School is also proposed for closure because it is a mile from the housing estate from which it draws most of its pupils. Cary Grant Pupil numbers are far below capacity, with only 40 in the sixth form. Fairfield, the former school of the film star Cary Grant, is to continue serving inner-city St Pauls and Easton.
All 20 of Bristol's secondary schools were under review, following alarm over the state of education in the city. The report released on Friday contained recommendations only. Bristol city councillors make the final decision early in 2002. 'No chance' The heads of Lawrence Weston and Lockleaze schools broke the news to staff and pupils on Friday afternoon, ahead of an official announcement at 1700 GMT. Sir John Harvey Jones at the start of his filming had said Lawrence Weston school did not stand "a cat in hell's chance" of survival. But a year on, he returned to find himself proved wrong. But despite better exam results and an improved place in the league tables, Lawrence Weston is still classed as too expensive to run. It has only 320 pupils, and no sixth form. The recommended new school is being seen as good news for families in the north of the city, who have long complained that their children had nowhere local to go once beyond primary age. | |   See also: Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top England stories now:  Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page. | |||||||||||||||||||
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