Roman Catholic primary school set to close

Councillors have agreed to close a Roman Catholic primary in the Borders.

Officials had recommended St Margaret’s in Hawick should shut and its pupils attend other nondenominational schools.

The site has capacity for 100 children but the current roll is 14 with nobody enrolled in primary one for the current school year.

The council said no school closure decision was ever “taken lightly”.

Scottish Borders Council’s executive member for children and young people Carol Hamilton said it had recognised it had been an “unsettling time”.

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