GOVERNORS have hit back at Somerset County Council as the row surrounding the imminent closure of Burrowbridge Primary School goes on.

As reported in last week’s County Gazette, Council cabinet member John Osman expressed his disappointment at the lack of marketing by governors to “ensure the school remains sustainable”.

It followed confirmation that the school is set to close, in fear that the standards of education will drop.

However, a governor official has defended their actions, stating budget cuts as the reason for lack of marketing.

John Andrews, a spokesman for the governors, said:” I think that the governors done everything that they could.

“The last Ofsted report was very good and other than word of mouth what else can the governors do? What do they (the Council) expect them to do?

“Also I’m not sure what the Council mean by marketing it well.

“We can only market it by making their positive news and results known publicly. There was no budget to market.”

Mr Andrews also believed that the governors fought as much as they could, but in the end the school became unmanageable.

“I believe they done everything they could to make the school a success,” added Mr Andrews.

“It just became too small to sustain. There was no other alternative than to close it.

“The decision was taken in the best interest of the children left at the school."

The school, which only has 12 pupils falling from 17 last February, will close at the end of March next year.