2004
The Council also proposed to carry out a statutory consultation to merge Fort and Trinity, but this was rejected as being without merit. Between then and now there is only a difference of 20 between the combined school rolls. This is mostly due to non-district children being denied access to Trinity.
March 2009
As a result of an unannounced reassessment of its capacity during the course of an energy efficiency audit Trinity’s capacity is increased to 456. Neither the school or the Parent Council are advised of this change.
9th June 2009
An article in the Evening News announces that Burdiehouse, Fort, Royston and Drumbrae primaries had all been earmarked for closure after a consultation on review process that starts on the 24th August 2009 and end in mid-December 2009.
24th August 2009
The council releases the consultation papers for the proposed closure of Fort and transfer of all the children from there to Trinity. As expected, these indicate that this ‘merger’ is driven purely by the budget and not the needs of our children. If the move goes ahead Trinity will have an occupancy rate of 96%.