Merton’s education spokesman, Cllr Peter Walker, was sacked on Thursday after being filmed ripping down a teenager’s fundraising poster from the railings around Dundonald Rec. 15 year old Ben Baulkwill, who lives on Graham Road, had put up posters on railings around the Rec before Easter, but these had been torn down. Ben had wanted […]

The lack of park keepers is causing problems with access to the facilities on Dundonald Rec according to voluntary and community groups that regularly use them. Merton Hall Road resident Anthony Fairclough notes that the Council’s response to complaints about the shortage of staff is simply to talk about their controversial plans to remove the […]

In September, Merton Council agreed proceed to the next stage of its plan to double the number of pupils at Dundonald Primary School. It is applying to modify the restrictive covenants on the Rec, and a consultation is being carried out prior to submitting a formal planning application in the New Year. The consultation on […]

The report following the consultation on the expansion of Dundonald Primary recommends that the Council take formal steps to permanently expand the school. That report can be seen here. A summary of the consultation responses can be seen here.

Despite a desperate shortage of primary school places, Merton Council has failed to even mention schools in a consultation on future developments in the borough. The Council has asked landowners, developers and other interested groups to suggest sites for potential development. A range of possible uses is listed in the consultation document, but amazingly education […]

Following the public meeting  about the plans to expand Dundonald Primary School on 22 June in St Andrew’s Church on Herbert Road, we wanted to let you know what the next steps will be and our thoughts.

The second of the public meetings about the permanent expansion of Dundonald Primary and the knock-on effect on Dundonald Recreation ground was held tonight at St Andrew’s Church on Herbert Road. Around a hundred people were left hanging around outside the first consultation meeting on 8 June, and so a second meeting was hastily arranged […]

Following from the news that Dundonald Primary had agreed to take an extra reception class this year, Merton Council has launched a consultation on three options for permanently expanding the school to two forms of entry. The Dundonald school consultation documents can be seen here. This outlines the plans and asks for feedback on the […]

Dundonald School Governors have approved plans for an additional reception year class to open at the school this coming September. Letters offering these extra places will be sent to parents with the second round of offers in May. According to Merton Council’s press release: The council agrees with the school governors that the extra class […]