Reigate’s East Surrey Councillors secure a pause to allow East Surrey Cabinet to review SCC proposal to relocate Priory school to Woodhatch Place
The two East Surrey Councillors who represent Reigate have set up a substack to publicise their concern about SCC’s proposal to relocate Reigate Priory Junior School to Woodhatch Place. The posts on the substack outline the arguments against the move and conclude that East Surrey Council should not agree to SCC committing £30m taxpayer money to progress the relocation.
SURREY County Council’s request for permission to proceed with a works contract at Woodhatch Place will be reconsidered next Tuesday, 27 October, at Reigate Town Hall from 3.30pm. (Link)
Last week, as regular readers will know, the new East Surrey Council — until March a ‘shadow unitary authority’ with limited powers — postponed its decision due to to insufficient information being available to it.
Requested further information is now being assembled for the ten voting Cabinet members and this may be published or otherwise made available in the coming days. If this information will be enough information remains to be seen.
To recap — East Surrey’s ‘Section 24’ financial power over those councils to be abolished was previously explained here.
Next Tuesday’s Town Hall meeting will be open to the public and we encourage everyone with an interest in the issues to attend. This time RPJS is the only item on the agenda. And since it will be still be half-term, this may be an alternative activity for interested (and well-behaved) school children too, especially those directly affected.
The meeting will also be web-streamed here and available on-demand afterwards.
Please note that a part of the session may be held in private if details of any prospective contract are to be examined. Usually this is unnecessary, but if a “Part 2” exclusion does occur, public and press present must act as requested by officials.
The write-in campaign continues
If you have not already written to the East Surrey Cabinet with your views on the school-move proposals, please do so this week! Emails for all ten members were posted here on 8 October.
When writing, simple say in your own words why the issue is important to you, what went wrong (or right) in the last six years, and what you think the ultimate outcome should be. A short email can be just as effected as a longer one.
Overall, this is a fast-moving situation and we will post again here soon
Last updated Wednesday 20th October 2026