I AM absolutely astounded and disgusted with the comments made by Stephen Luke, head of Freshbrook School.

Surely he realises that the reason the school is out of special measures is because it's small enough to manage now and the children are no longer anonymous.

My daughter attends Windmill Hill and I am fighting to keep both schools the same because I firmly believe that 420 four to 11 year olds cannot be given the kind of education a smaller school can deliver and I only hope that the parents of Freshbrook School feel the same.

The LEA should be looking to improve the teaching standards in schools not closing them.

S GUNTER

Freshbrook