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Education Education Other Education 85.59 - Other education n.e.c.
180 - 200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 September 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
7 November 2018
Description
The charity Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) has announced that it is to close its Pears Centre for Specialist Learning amid concerns over safeguarding. Reports suggest that the total job loss will number between 180 and 200. The residential school, based in Coventry, had been the subject of a critical regulatory report by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) earlier in 2018 and had also been the subject of a Charity Commission enquiry. The school is due to close its doors on 7 November 2018.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 95387, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95387.
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