Borders education boss Glenn Rodger this week stated he intended to share an action plan drawn up to deal with the issues with parents by today.

It follows a meeting held earlier this month between the parent council, 13 school parents, the acting head teacher, members of staff and three senior officials of Scottish Borders Council. Parents were unhappy with responses made during the meeting and felt there were no conclusive or clear-cut answers given to the fears raised.

In a written briefing to parents, the parent council said it intended pursuing issues concerning a lack of continuity of teachers and education through official channels until satisfactory answers and assurances were received that the present situation which has lasted 18 months was halted and did not occur again.

And the parent council made it clear it supported the school staff and intended no criticism of them, holding the local authority responsible for the unsatisfactory situation which currently exists.

However, Mr Rodger told The Wee Paper action is being taken to resolve the concerns which he confirmed centred on continuity in relation to leadership and staffing, particularly in the primary 4/5 class.

"These issues have arisen due to the ill health of the head teacher, the resignation of the principal teacher and the rising school roll, resulting in an additional class in the school this session," he said.

"The department has been working on measures to stabilise the school, which will resolve the leadership issue and provide stability and continuity in the P4/5 class.

"An action plan will be shared with parents by Friday. This will involve an experienced head teacher being put in place and the provision of a full-time class teacher for P4/5.

"This will be put into effect as quickly as possible. In the meantime our primary schools team and the quality services team will be increasing their support to the school.

"We are working closely with the parent council to re-establish an ethos of trust and a constructive relationship with parents."

The parents' group yesterday welcomed Mr Rodger's action.

Parent council member Leagh Douglas said: "We are very happy with the response from Glenn Rodger, who is working closely with us and is fully committed to resolving these issues as soon as possible."