St Bees School to re-open next year?

In a statement released through the Whitehaven News today, the governors of St Bees School, who had earlier said that the 400 year old institution would close its' doors this summer, confirmed their intention to reopen the school, possibly by September next year.

The statement read:

"Over the past month the governors have identified a number of opportunities for a sustainable future for St Bees School.

"This work has necessarily been undertaken discreetly and without publicity so as not to cause further distraction to the school community.

"The identified opportunities include both independent and maintained school models. However, regardless of the model adopted, the governors are determined that the outcome will retain the ethos, values and good name of St Bees School."

It will obviously be great news for the community if the school is saved, but if I understand the statement correctly, the present students are still looking for alternative schooling for at least a year, and the staff are still looking for new jobs.

Incidentally, the statement as it appears on the Whitehaven News website includes the sort of basic error with which I hope a school with the reputation of St Bees would never let their students get away. I corrected this above, but the version on the WHN website uses the word "discretely" (which means in separate pieces) where the context suggests it should use "discreetly" (e.g. with discretion.) I do hope this was only a transcription error.

Postscript: the Whitehaven News report quoted the statement as used. The typo is also on the school site. Dear me.

You can read the Whitehaven News report at:

http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk/st-bees-school-set-to-reope…

Here is the link to the full statement on the school site.

http://www.stbeesschool.co.uk/The-Future-of-St-Bees-School-Charitable-Trust

Comments

Jim said…
Yes, I think I read it all the same way. St Bees school looks to have a life ahead of it, but that does not, necessarily, mean as a school.

That's how I took it anyway.
8:28 pm
Jim said…
St bees is actually a very attractive place to provide other courses, trust me I know. I done the infamous "week of hell there" (ask any PM about APMP) but that's what I mean, the place has a future, though it may not be as a public school.
8:43 pm
Chris Whiteside said…
I think this one will run and run, Jim - in the first instance, finding support for pupils and staff.
9:00 pm
Chris Whiteside said…
The statement does appear to indicate that it will be some kind of educational establishment but there is very little detail beyond that and it appears that a lot of options are under consideration.
9:01 pm
Jim said…
Yes, agree with you, but what I am getting at is that St Bees School as a historical building, which actually holds my own blood, Sweat and Tears, Has a future. Now it may not be as a public school, but really that is bye the bye for the village of St Bees or for the local economy or outlook. It may be a welcome positive.

Yes - there may be casualties in the form of students and teachers, but they can be educated/employed elsewhere. There is no shortage of schools in west Cumbria for the students and there is a teacher shortage, there we go.

9:23 pm
Unknown said…
The abrupt closure, the rejection of the Rescue Plan, followed by this further unexpected announcement should raise concerns amongst the publicly minded. A remote and so far unaccountable group of people are removing this marvellous historic gem from our midst, without any measurement of the impact on hundreds of families affected or the wider community. Whilst not everyone supports independent schools, this one is part of the mix in our community and we will all be poorer with it gone.
6:25 pm
Teresa Robert said…
Chris Whiteside, I read this post and I think it is really great news that St Bees School going to re-open next year.
Thanks
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8:25 am
Chris Whiteside said…
It is good news that the school will re-open, but I do think the concerns of William Roberts and others have a lot of force.
10:23 pm
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