Question follow-through · 54231
Parkfield School Christchurch: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to (a) sell or (b) transfer the site of Parkfield school in Hurn when it closes in July; and whether the premises will be retained for educational use.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 22 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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- Highcliffe School: Buildings · 30 Jun 2025
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Recorded timeline
22 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to (a) sell or (b) transfer the site of Parkfield school in Hurn when it closes in July; and whether the premises will be retained for educational use.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jun 2025
Answer published
The freehold site is currently owned by the Reach South Academy Trust, and this will be transferred to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, on behalf of my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, on termination of th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Highcliffe School: Buildings
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's planned timetable is for the replacement of defective temporary buildings at Highcliffe School to be completed; and what guidance her Department has issued on the removal from use of life-
Parkfield School Christchurch
3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to dispose of the redundant site of the former Parkfield School at Hurn; and what estimate she has made of the (a) security and (b) opportunity costs of the premises remaining unused.