PARENTS are vowing to fight to save Wool First School as it faces the threat of closure.

The school held a special meeting to inform parents of the situation on the day a Purbeck Review consultation document was released, recommending the closure of the school as part of a revamp of the district’s education system.

Purbeck is set to move from a three-tier education system – with first, middle and primary schools – to a two-tier system with primary and secondary schools.

As part of the changes, the review recommends merging Wool First School with the village’s St Mary’s Roman Catholic School to create a single primary school at the St Mary’s site.

Almost 90 per cent of the school’s parents gathered in the school hall to meet governors and headteacher Lesley Craze.

Mrs Craze told the parents: "We are going to fight because we do not agree with the proposal, particularly because we think that parents’ choice is being taken away.

"We think that our school is worth fighting for.”