Councillors from a Shropshire village concerned about the future of their schools are to hold a special meeting.

St Martins Parish Council will hold an extraordinary meeting at 7pm tomorrow at the community centre.

It was called after Shropshire Council decided to move on with plans to create an all-through school in the village last week, by closing Ifton Heath Primary School and extending the age range at Rhyn Park Secondary School.

Last Wednesday unitary councillors decided to push ahead with the proposals by holding future consultations and working with the schools and community to develop designs.

Parish councillors may want to have an input but as it is traditional for the council to have a break in August the next meeting would not be until September – which councillors fear may leave them little time to respond.

Chairman of the council Alison Baseley said: “The public are welcome to come but it won’t be open to the floor.”