St Bees school to close

St Bees School, which has offered boarding and day education for more than four centuries, is to close in July according to a statement released today by the Board of Governors.

The 300 pupils, their parents, and staff were told this afternoon that a declining school roll, especially since the economic crisis in 2008, has made its financial position untenable.

In a letter to parents, chairman of governors Emeritus Professor Frank Woods said: “The governors have considered every possible solution. They wish to acknowledge publicly the untiring effort the headmaster and his team have put into our recent recruitment campaigns, both day and boarding."

It is a sad end to more than 400 years of local history.

Comments

Jim said…
Its actually a shame to see the end the school. I have personally attened (though never as a "school student") quite a few lectures in its halls. Amongst its most famous "students" would of course be one Rowan Atkinson.

on a personal note, when the school buildings were being repaired in the early 90's muggins made every one of the blocks
Jim said…
ps off topic, but did you ever get the info I sent you on pyramids?
Chris Whiteside said…
Apologies, but I don't remember whether I saw the material on pyramids - you probably did send it and I probably filed it for future reading and never got round to it.
Chris Whiteside said…
Agree about St Bees school
Jim said…
Too right on the school. A lot of my finest four letter words went into every one of those blocks :)
Jim said…
Lots of stuff like that has my mark. St Bees school, the liver building in liverpool, a church at gosforth, the square in Cleator moor, lots of things in carlisle, and most famously the path to the Whitehouse.

lots of other things do too, but they are mainly bits on peoples houses or their entire house.

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