Staff and governors at a school threatened with closure will be given the chance to spell out their ideas for its future at a meeting this week.

Part of a wide-ranging consultation exercise on the possible closure of the East Brighton College of Media Arts (Comart), the aim is to produce action plans to be submitted to the council by Wednesday, July 30.

Brighton and Hove City Councillors, representatives of the regeneration body eb4u and Comart governors will attend the meeting at the Valley Social Centre in Whitehawk on Wednesday between 7pm and 9pm.

Derek Bown, who chairs the governors, will give an introductory speech before the meeting divides into small groups to discuss what should happen to the school, which could be closed as a result of falling numbers.

Those present will include schools director David Hawker, schools councillor Pat Hawkes and East Brighton ward councillors.

When the plans for consultation were originally announced in May, staff and governors at Comart asked for the chance to work out their own options for the future of the college.

The council says this meeting fulfils a promise to work with them on the details before the end of term.

The authority has also produced a leaflet to guide anyone thinking of putting forward viable plans for the college.

They would need to show how the curriculum would meet guidelines, how the school would be viable and how the welfare of students would be ensured.

Councillor Hawkes said: "Our absolute priority is the education and welfare of young people in Brighton and Hove.

"I would like to make it clear that no decision has been made either to close Comart or to keep it open."