Enfield North MP Feryal Clark, who also attended the protest, said closure “shouldn’t be the first point of call”, especially at a time when demand for SEN provision was growing across the borough.
She also raised concerns about the impact on pupils at Bishop Stopford School if the proposals were ultimately approved.
“You’ve got children in the middle of studying for their GCSEs and A-levels. Where are they going to go?” she said.
Labour councillor Ian Barnes, whose group called in the decision, said falling pupil numbers were a national issue but argued school closures should not be taken lightly.
“There are solutions apart from closing the schools,” he said.
Barnes said Labour councillors wanted the proposals subjected to greater scrutiny and debated by the full council, arguing there were “lots of discrepancies” and “lots of inconsistencies” in the information underpinning the plans.
An Enfield Council spokesperson said no decision had been made about the future of any individual school and that any closure proposal would be subject to a full consultation.
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