We have heard that two Surrey Schools owned by Bridewell Foundation (King Edwards Witley and Barrow Hills) are in financial difficulty and may not be able to cope with increases in costs expected to come from changes to teachers pensions and vat in school fees. The rumours are that they have threatened all staff with dismissal of they do not agree to new contracts by Easter that reduced the schools staffing bill. This is really worrying as we considering the senior school for our son who is in Year Five. I contacted the school but they refused to comment as I'm not a current parent.
Are there any people here with links to the school who can clarify whether the rumours are true and what is going on there at the moment?
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Surrey Schools Financial Difficulty
GreyUser · 29/02/2024 09:12
incognito119 · 29/02/2024 12:59
I googled their charity accounts and it doesn't look good. They are charity number 311997 and according to the accounts submitted to the charities commission they over spent by-£564,000 investments gains (losses) last yeat
SheilaFentiman · 29/02/2024 09:29
The strikes at RGS in Guildford over the TPS were covered in MN threads at the time. I appreciate that you want specific info on this school but PP is right when she says that TPS and VAT will be issues for all schools during your DS’s secondary school life, not just the ones you name.
LadyLapsang · 29/02/2024 14:15
Hi OP, what is your source?
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