SIR – Just what level of management allows a school-move plan to take place in mid-term and result in two weeks of lost service, as at Beckfoot, Bingley (T&A, April 18)?

The fact that some earlier building problem occurred does not excuse this – there’s a six-week holiday period starting a few weeks later, so why wasn’t the move re-planned for then?

Just to put my criticism into context, I was once professionally involved in moving the HQ of a FTSE 100 company between two Central London sites a mile apart, including complex IT systems and all the equipment for 500 staff.

The staff went home on Friday evening, then turned up at the new office on Monday morning to find everything in place and everything working. That’s how it’s done in the real world.

It is simply not acceptable to withdraw service from all those ‘customers’ for two weeks, when a properly-managed move could easily be accomplished far quicker or, more ideally, when the school is closed for a scheduled break.

What planet are they on, and why do we pay them to live on it?

Graham Hoyle, Kirkbourne Grove, Baildon