The UK government has ordered one of England’s most prestigious Catholic boarding schools to stop admitting new pupils as a result of “very serious” failings. Ampleforth College is a £36,000-a-year Catholic boarding school. It claims to be “the world’s foremost co-educational Catholic boarding and day school for students aged 11 to 18”. Scandal has surrounded Read more
Ampleforth College has appointed its first female principal, Deirdre Rowe, to lead the school. Ampleforth’s trustees say the leadership of the independent boarding school should revert to a lay-person. It said Ms Rowe, who takes over from current Headmaster, Fr Wulstan Peterburs, will balance academic standards with pastoral care and will focus on ensuring that Read more
Ampleforth Abbey has lost its responsibility for managing pupil welfare. The UK Charities Commission said the Abbey had lost its pupil welfare responsibilities “as a result of continued concerns about the extent to which current safeguarding risks to pupils at the schools run by the [Ampleforth] charities are being adequately managed”. The Charities Commission is Read more