To whoever is deciding to shut down the school.

I don’t even know how to write this properly. I’m 13 and have been at St Clare’s since nursery. That’s basically my whole life. I never thought I’d ever have to say goodbye to it. I honestly thought I’d stay until I left for uni. It’s always just been a part of my life and now its suddenly being taken away and I feel completely lost.

St. Clare’s isn’t just a school. It’s where I’ve grown up. It’s where all my best friends are. It’s where the teachers know me – like really know me – and care about us, not just our marks or homework but actually us. I feel like I belong here. I don’t want to leave. I don’t want to be some new kid somewhere else where no one knows who I am or what I’ve been through. That honestly scares me.

It feels like no one’s listening to us. No one really cares how we feel. But this is a massive deal for is. I feel sick thinking about it like this huge part of my life is just being ripped away and I can’t do anything to stop it.

Please don’t close our school. Please let us stay. We’re just kids. we didn’t ask for any of this. It’s not fair.

Oscar