Disgruntled parents of pupils at a North Lanarkshire primary are campaigning against proposals to create a shared head teacher role for their school and its related secondary.
Chryston Primary has been without a head since the previous post holder retired in December 2020 and has since been overseen by the post holder at campus neighbour Chryston High – with council officials now seeking to make the joint arrangement permanent.
Families say the model will create an unmanageably large and wide-ranging super-school of more than 2000 youngsters aged four to 18 and that it has already “created a huge amount of upheaval and disruption”; but North Lanarkshire Council says it will help “attract high-quality candidates” to the role and introduce a valuable “integrated approach” to schooling.
