Local councillors have been seeking answers on plans intimated to parents to amalgamate classes at Wardie Primary School. SNP Councillor for Forth Ward, Stuart Dobbin, and the Education spokesperson for the SNP Group, Cllr Euan Hyslop, expressed their concerns about proposals indicated to parents just last week to merge three P4 classes at Wardie Primary School into two, saying that this appeared to be based on finances rather than what is best for pupils. 

Parents and councillors in Edinburgh have agreed to work together in a bid to save holiday hubs for disabled children in Edinburgh. The agreement to set up a formal working group with parents came after an hour of often emotional testimony describing how much the service has helped children who have no other options. But despite a cross-party commitment to retain and strengthen the service, the future of the hubs is dependent on decisions taken when the city’s budget is decided in February.