Nigel Griffiths has met parents and the Head Teacher of Burdiehouse Primary school and of St Catherine's Primary to discuss the threat to close the schools 

Burdiehouse and St Catherine's are facing closure as part of spending cuts from Edinburgh’s new Liberal-Democrat led council. In spite of receiving high praise from the independent school inspectors, both St Catherine’s and Burdiehouse Primary Schools have been targeted for closure.

Nigel Griffiths lead a delegation of parents to the meeting of the full council on Thursday 23 August. But both our local LibDem and SNP councillors voted NOT to hear the delegations.  It was a tied vote. Our Labour Councillors Norma Hart and Ian Murray voted to hear Nigel Griffiths and the parents.

Nigel Griffiths said: "I do not believe in keeping all schools open under any circumstances -when Hyvot and Fernieside Primary schools were shut, I worked with local parents and our Labour councillors to ensure that a brand new school was built at Craigour Park. But now the Liberal Democrats are wanting to close two of our schools without planning any replacement."

The Liberal Democrats who run Edinburgh are utter hypocrites and opposed every school closure before they took power in May. Now they plan to close 22 schools. No-one should be surprised. When they last ran Edinburgh in the 1980s, they axed 1,000 teaching posts.