Timetable
| Director shares with primary schools: - principles - process - timescale |
9 May 2007 |
| Officers construct an 'options appraisal' and develop a 'longlist' of schools worth further exploration | May to June |
| Discussions with the longlisted schools | June to July |
| A 'shortlist' of possibilities for expansion, investment, amalgamation and closure is developed | August |
| Cabinet approves public consultation on proposals | September |
| Public consultation | October to November |
| Responses considered and final proposals established | December to March |
| Cabinet report on final recommendations | May 2008 |
| First legal processes begin | June 2008 |
| Implementation begins | from September 2008 |
| Further implementation including new capital investment | 2009 onwards |