How they voted on April 19th

Only Labour voted to scrap
Middle Schools

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Post April 19th Statement from NEAG

As expected the Council Vote today was carried in favour of moving the PLF process forwards. The difference this time was that the opposition parties voted against. The vote was recorded, and so the voters of the county now have a clear view of the views of the existing councilors on the subject of 2tier/3tier.

As the process moves forward, NEAG will continue to support all the local action groups in the county, and most particularly in those areas first for the second stage of consultation, a process which remarkably had already started before the vote.

The voters of the county will no doubt take this decision into account when considering placing their votes in the coming elections.

The Council's consultation exercise showed that only 22% of the population supported the moves to change to a 2-tier system of education in Northumberland. The County Council elections showed that this was an accurate assessment as the Labour party scraped a small majority in many seats and were voted for by approximately 20% of the voters in Northumberland. There continues to be widespread dissatisfaction with the way education is handled and NEAG continues to press the Council to examine viable innovative ideas instead of scrapping the the existing successful system of education.