Gusford Primary School, Ipswich
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Staff at an Ipswich primary school are facing an anxious wait after its management said the workforce could be cut due to declining pupil numbers.
Active Learning Trust, which manages Gusford Community Primary School in Sheldrake Drive, has said it has launched a consultation over a potential restructuring of staff.
Bosses at the trust have said they will do everything possible to secure its future so it could continue to deliver an excellent learning environment for pupils.
Gusford Community Primary School provides education for more than 600 children, according to its website, and became an academy in 2013 with Active Learning Trust, which is also responsible for Chantry Academy in Ipswich.
Staff at Ipswich's Gusford Community Primary School are facing an anxious wait after Active Learning Trust said the workforce could be cut due to declining pupil numbers.
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Staff at Ipswich's Gusford Community Primary School are facing an anxious wait after Active Learning Trust said the workforce could be cut due to declining pupil numbers.
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Staff at Ipswich's Gusford Community Primary School are facing an anxious wait after Active Learning Trust said the workforce could be cut due to declining pupil numbers.
Mark Barrow, chief executive of Seckford Education Trust
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High school heads are gearing up to testing hundreds of students for coronavirus this week before they return to class on Monday.
Secondary schools students will be mass tested for Covid-19 in a bid to identify cases before they have a chance to spread and result in an outbreak.
Mark Barrow, chief executive of Seckford Education Trust, which manages high schools in Beccles, Saxmundham and Ixworth, said students wellbeing would be prioritised in the reopening next week.
He said: We are putting in place bespoke testing centres in each of our schools. They will be spaces large enough to manage social distancing.