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What would this mean for Norton's pupils?

We are committed to getting this right for all pupils, including those currently at Norton.

All existing Norton pupils, and those allocated a Year 7 place for September 2002, would be re-allocated to either Fearnhill and The Highfield schools in Letchworth, or Knights Templar School in Baldock.

The proposal for September 2002 is that all Year 7 and Year 10 pupils will move to their newly allocated schools.

Year 8, 9 and 11 pupils will remain in the Norton premises until the end of their current National Curriculum Key Stage (at the end of Years 9 and 11) when they would move to either Fearnhill, The Highfield or Knights Templar.

September’s Year 12 and 13 students will be able to transfer to the Post 16 Letchworth Consortium, where there will be AS Levels and GNVQ provision locally.

While pupils remain in the Norton premises Knights Templar School would assume responsibility for the quality of their education. This has been agreed with the other headteachers involved to ensure a clear focus on education.

The movement of pupils is shown on the chart below:

Sep 2002		Sep 2003		Sep 2004
Year	Location	Year	Location	Year	Location
7	new school	8	new school	9	new school
8*	Norton	9*	Norton	10*	new school
9	Norton	10	new school	11	new school
10	new school	11	new school	12	Consortium
11	Norton	12	Consortium	13	Consortium
12	Consortium	13	Consortium
13	Consortium

* an example: a pupil in Year 8 in September 2002 (first column) would remain in the Norton premises. In September 2003 (second column) the pupil would be in Year 9 and remain in the Norton premises. In September 2004 (third column) the pupil would be in Year 10 and would move to their new school.