Great Gidding School records and photos

Great Gidding School records and photos

If you were not able to visit the School before it closed, and wish to see the vast collection of records and photos, Huntingdon Archives (in Huntingdon Library) advise that this collection is now available to view.

You need to book an appointment with them, and quote the reference SR/75 (Great Gidding Church of England School 1873-2023

hunts.archives@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Tel: 01480 372738

Thanksgiving service for Great Gidding Primary School

Thanksgiving service for Great Gidding Primary School

St Michael’s Church, Great Gidding invites you

to a service of Thanksgiving for Great Gidding Church of England Primary School, and its place in the village since 1846

on Sunday 16th July at 11.00 am in St Michael’s Church with Rt Rev Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely

to be followed by a light buffet in church – RSVP by 8th July if you can join the lunch to Rev Fiona Brampton revfiona@norleigh.org.uk; 29 Church Road, Great Stukeley, Huntingdon PE28 4AL

Visit to the Great Gidding School museum

Visit to the Great Gidding School museum

I received letters from children at Great Gidding School, inviting me to visit and went along last Friday. When I arrived, I was shown around the fabulous Museum that the school children and staff have put together – it lines the walls of one of the classrooms, and is a fantastic record of events that have taken place over the years, and the children that have passed through the gates. There are many photos to be seen both recent and more historic, awards, plans, yearbooks and Headteacher’s log books dating back to 1882.

The children and staff have issued an invitation to all former pupils, parents, staff and village residents to call in, take a look around, share any memories and bring along photographs of schooldays.

The Museum will be open on the following days, between 3.30 and 5.00PM:

Tuesday 4th July/Thursday 6th July/Tuesday 11th July and Thursday 13th July

PLEASE email the school on office@greatgidding.cambs.sch.uk to advise them – they would be delighted to see visitors, but need to ensure that someone is available to accompany you (if you need to phone on 293466, please be aware that school staff may not be available to answer your call).

Posted by Julie Trolove, Parish Clerk and village history enthusiast.

Cambridgeshire County Council’s

Cambridgeshire County Council's

Children and Young People Committee Decision Statement

Meeting: Tuesday 25th April 2023

Agenda item No 6. Future of Great Gidding Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School [KD2023/054]

It was resolved to:

a) approve the closure of Great Gidding CE (VC) Primary School on 31 August 2023.

b) approve, for children displaced by the closure:

– the provision of financial assistance in the form of home to school transport or a mileage allowance.

– the provision of a single per child payment to assist with the purchase of uniform for their new school.

2023 March – report from Tim Alban, District Councillor

2023 March - report from Tim Alban, District Councillor

I am writing this the day after Cambridgeshire County Council’s Children & Young People Committee voted to publish a statutory notice formally proposing the closure of Great Gidding School, on 31st August.

Although this isn’t a District Council  decision, my fellow ward councillor, Marge Beuttell and I were consulted about the closure and both of us attended the meeting held in the school a few weeks ago. 

As Great Gidding is in the south of the Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley ward, where I am the first point of contact, I also attended the Parish Council meeting in the village hall and along with County Councillors Ian Gardener and Simon Bywater and 3 local residents, I spoke at yesterday’s meeting – all us urging the committee to keep the school open.

It was interesting and reassuring that all 6 of us expressed some of the same concerns.  Whilst our primary focus was the effect the closure of the school would have on the children who attend it, their families and the staff, we highlighted that there were implications for the village as a whole.

Sadly, the committee voted by 10 to 5 to move towards closure but they will have been left in no doubt as to the strength of local opinion.

In terms of District Council matters, at a Full Council meeting in February, there was a majority vote in favour of the budget which raised council tax by 3.1%.  There was near uninamous support for the council’s climate change strategy, which I spoke and voted in favour of.

One area of future concern, which was raised in the local press before the meeting, is a proposal for an separate charge (on top of council tax) for emptying the green garden waste bins.  I will wait to see the details in ther proposal but instinctively this seems like a retrograde step.

By the time Gidding News is published, I hope the snow and slush we are experiencing in early March will be just a memory and we will be looking forward to a warmer, sunnier Easter.

Kind regards,

Tim Alban

District Councillor

tim.alban@huntingdonshire.gov.uk

07903 518967

Update on future of Great Gidding CofE (VC) School

Update on future of Great Gidding CofE (VC) School

Please note that the consultation period is open until 21st February. If you were unable to attend the meetings on 31st January or 9th February and wish to make a comment there still time through the Cambridgeshire County Council website – see link below

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GGconsultation/

Future of Great Gidding C of E (VC) School – Extraordinary Meeting of Great & Little Gidding Parish Council

Future of Great Gidding C of E (VC) School - Extraordinary Meeting of Great & Little Gidding Parish Council

Extraordinary Meeting of Great & Little Gidding Parish Council regarding the possible closure of Great Gidding C of E (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School

At Cambridgeshire County Council’s Children and Young People’s Committee Meeting held on 17th January 2023 a decision was made to commence a 30-day consultation on the proposed closure of the Primary School in Great Gidding.

Download the proposal for closure:

Agenda item 4 – Great Giddings Church of England Primary School.pdf

Appendix 1 – Current financial forecast.pdf


Meeting to include Education Department representatives

As part of this consultation process, the Local Authority have committed to consult with the Parish Council and we as members of the Parish Council wish to ensure we are representing the views of our community. To facilitate this process and provide opportunity for members of the community to engage, Great & Little Gidding Parish Council will be hosting a meeting on Thursday 9thFebruary in Great Gidding Village Hall at 7.45pm. In attendance will be representatives from Cambridgeshire County Council’s Education Department as well as members of Great and Little Gidding Parish Council. In addition, our local MP, County and District Councillors have been invited to attend, as have representatives of each of the Parish Councils/Parish Meetings in the school’s catchment area.

We are keen to ensure that all interested parties have the opportunity to present their viewpoint.

Date of the meeting: Thursday 9th February 2023

Time: To commence at 7.45pm 

Venue: Great Gidding Village Hall

(PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE EARLIER than 7.30PM as there is a prior booking in the Village Hall).


Questions, comments and observations

Questions, comments and observations should be submitted to the Parish Clerk by 5.00pm on Friday 3rd February, these will be given priority at the meeting (we cannot guarantee that any questions/comments/observations received after that deadline will be heard at the meeting)


AGENDA:

  1. A presentation from representatives of the Education Department of Cambridgeshire County Council
  2. Questions from Great & Little Gidding Parish Council to the Education Department representatives
  3. Questions, comments and observations submitted by members of the community. (Any questions remaining at the end of the meeting will be forwarded to the Local Authority)
  4. Reminder of timeline
  5. 9.00pm. Close of meeting.

Chairman: Paul Hodson

Clerk:  Julie Trolove, Great and Little Gidding Parish Council, The Village Hall, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, Cambs  PE28 5NU 

TEL: 01832 293 068 (answermachine only) 

EMAIL: ggparishcouncil@outlook.com

Julie Trolove, Clerk to Great & Little Gidding Parish Council
18th January 2023

Service of Remembrance

Service of Remembrance

This year our Service of Remembrance at St Michael’s Church on Sunday 12th November takes place in the late afternoon at 5pm. The Sawtry Branch of the British Legion will be in attendance, and the service will be taken by Revd Mandy Flaherty. Before the service, the restored Roles of Honour will be re-dedicated. These were subject to water damage as a result of the lead theft from the roof.

 

There will be no morning service.

Photos: Great Gidding School Summer Fete 2013

Photos: Great Gidding School Summer Fete 2013

What a cracking day for the school fete! Scorching sun brought lots of parents, children and village residents along to Great Gidding School on Saturday 6th July for the annual school fete.

This year a very special guest, Warwick Davis, kindly opened the fete and made us all laugh with his warmth and wit – along with some very unpretentious name-dropping! Lots of stalls displaying everything from temporary tattoos to tempting cupcakes kept everyone happy and the afternoon was a great success.