Whitfield primary may be the hub of its Northumberland community,but without an academy sponsor it faces being shut downWhitfield village school in the majestic setting of the West Allen valley in rural Northumberland does not gaze like a school in terminal decline.
On a sparkling spring morning, there’s music and movement to Manuel de Falla’s Danza ritual del fuego in the hall for the youngest; years 3 and 4 are studying French, and while outside the older children play mini cricket in the shadow of an immense wind turbine,which powers the school, its blades whirring like a mechanical heartbeat.
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Source: theguardian.com