Excitement as Chichester school is ‘finally in control of its own future'

It was announced in June that Rumboldswhyke Infants’ School had been saved from closure after the Department for Education said it would back plans to academise with Bishop Luffa as its sponsor.

Lisa Harris, who took over as headteacher in January, said the school ‘received the wonderful news’ on Monday that the application, as part of the Bishop Luffa Learning Partnership, to become an all-through primary from September, had been approved.