Private boarding school brings in administrators to wind it down
Ockbrook School, one of the UK’s oldest private boarding schools, has called in administrators to wind the institution down.
The school, in Derbyshire, revealed it was closing last month after trustees said they were unable to find any financial backers to keep it open.
The school was founded in 1799 by the Moravian Church as a girls’ school. It became fully co-educational in 2017. Admission fees were £3,360 a term for primary school-aged children, rising to £4,435 for those in years 7-9 and £4,565 for years 10-13.
Some 100 staff were made redundant after the school announced to parents that it wouldn’t be reopening in 2021.
Now, administrators from London-based Moore Kingston Smnith & Partners have been called in.
A statement on the school’s website said: “Ockbrook School has ceased trading and is now closed. The company was placed into administration on 28th July 2021 and Ryan Davies and Ian Robert of Moore Kingston Smith & Partners were appointed joint administrators on the same date. The affairs, business and property of the Company are being managed by the administrators who act as agents of the company and without personal liability.”
The school has also said that it can’t allow children to come and pick up their A-Level and GCSE results this week because of “a number of reasons which include staffing, health and safety, and insurance cover, among others”.
The school said that results will be posted to students by letter and email.
