Is Ockbrook School closing down?
Ockbrook School (“the Company”) 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 LLP were appointed Joint Administrators on the same date.
Why is Ockbrook School closing?
Ockbrook School, one of the UK’s oldest private boarding schools, 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.
Who are the trustees of ockbrook school?
Mrs C McBeth, SENDco & Teaching and Learning (primary), B Ed MSC (Loughborough)
How old is ockbrook?
1799
| Ockbrook School | |
|---|---|
| Religious affiliation(s) | Moravian Church |
| Established | 1799 |
| Closed | July 2021 |
| Local authority | Derbyshire |
When did ockbrook school open?
Ockbrook School in Derbyshire, founded in 1799, said it remained “significantly loss-making”, a situation made worse by the pandemic. Trustees said they had been unable to find any financial backers for the school so it had become insolvent.
How many terms are in a school year?
three term
Most schools operate a three term school year, each term divided into half terms.
Where is Moravia today?
Today Moravia includes the South Moravian Region, the Zlín Region, vast majority of the Olomouc Region, southeastern half of the Vysočina Region and parts of the Moravian-Silesian, Pardubice and South Bohemian regions.
What were Moravians known for?
Along with the Royal Danish Mission College, the Moravian missionaries were the first large-scale Protestant missionary movement. They were the first to send lay people (rather than clergy) as missionaries, the first Protestant denomination to minister to slaves, and the first Protestant presence in many countries.