Sir, The article concerning the European School in Culham, which appeared on page two of last week's issue, contained some inaccuracies. The article stated that the EC has 'pulled the plug' on funding for the school. This is not the case, since no recent changes have occurred regarding the financing of the European School at Culham.
Furthermore, no deadlines have yet been set regarding the future of the school.
The system is currently under review in the context of an expanding Europe and a potentially expanding European School system. No conclusions can be drawn at this time regarding any possible changes.
Lastly, the European School is one of 13 European Schools with some 22,000 pupils who follow a broad-based curriculum that leads to the European Baccalaureate. As such it is not a specialist school as stated in your article.
Its only speciality is the excellent standards it reaches in all subjects. One of the strengths of a European School in Culham is that it enables families from elsewhere in Europe to work in Oxfordshire's international organisations, schooling their children in a system which easily transfers to their own upon their return to their homelands.
Other families prize the education so much they locate themselves here permanently.
This leads to many knock-on benefits for the local economy.
Astrid Nielsen-Schuurmans, Culham European School Parents Association 2006-7
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