IN VIDEO and PICTURES: Parents 'stand united over threat to children's education' as The Coseley School faces closure
'We stand united' - this is the defiant pledge by angry parents desperate to save their children's school from closure.
Campaigners have vowed to continue to fight against plans to shut the The Coseley School - as it emerged it could face a financial deficit of up to £1million by August 2017.
Dozens of parents and pupils took to the steps of Dudley Council House to protest before councillors met to debate the future of the Henne Drive school.
They had been stopped from sitting in on the private session of the cabinet meeting, where it was agreed to hold a public consultation, because of the discussion of financial information.
But a question and answer document was released afterwards which revealed the school's precarious financial situation for the first time amid falling pupil numbers.
The report said: "There will be a small deficit at the end of this financial year, however, if no action is taken, by August 2017 the school is likely to be up to £1million in deficit. The amount of money the school receives is controlled by the numbers of pupils in the school."
