Herm School opens again following trial closure

Children from Herm will no longer travel by boat to be educated in Guernsey

Herm School has reopened following a trial closure.

The small Channel Island school was due to open last week, but that was not possible because of severe weather disrupting transport.

Politicians backed plans to reverse the trial closure in September, ending the need for children from Herm to travel by boat to be educated in Guernsey.

The school originally closed following concerns about the quality of education and the curriculum.

Plans for a year-long closure were put forward but they were overturned, resulting in it only shutting for half a term.

During a States debate in September, Deputy David De Lisle, who led the proposals to re-open the school, said, without it, the business of running Herm would suffer.

Education, Sport and Culture (ESC) President Andrea Dudley-Owen had argued that providing education on Herm was far more expensive than providing it in Guernsey.

Deputies voted by 28 to nine to end the closure.

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