YORKSHIRE (ENGLAND)
Yorkshire Post
December 30, 2020
By Robyn Vinter
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/education/catholic-eton-ampleforth-college-yorkshire-may-be-forced-close-if-ban-new-students-not-lifted-says-head-3080870
The head of a prestigious independent school in North Yorkshire has criticised a ban on accepting new students issued by the Government last month, warning that it may be forced to close.
Ampleforth College was told by the Department for Education in November that it could no longer accept new pupils due to “very serious” safeguarding failures uncovered during an inspection in September.
Robin Dyer, the head of the Catholic school, said the institution had come a long way in a short amount of time, but the restriction order, which came into place yesterday, made it more difficult to make improvements and could mean that the school closed.
Speaking on Times Radio yesterday, he said: “If you’re denied the fee income that independent schools rely on, you can’t survive.
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