Parents have launched a campaign to save a Stroud primary school faced with closure. Academies Enterprise Trust, which is responsible for the performance of the school, made the recommendation to the Department of Education after finding the school was only 14 per cent full, with 30 pupils attending. The final decision will be taken by Secretary of State Gavin Williamson this summer. A parents petition received over 100 signatures within 24 hours, one of which was written by Jennine Bateman, a mum of four children at the academy: Emma, eight; Lucy, five; and twins Jamie and Zoe, four. She said: “It’s too much of a good school for it to close.