Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire says it will appeal education secretary’s decision
England’s most prestigious Catholic boarding school, Ampleforth college, has been ordered by the government to stop admitting new pupils as a result of “very serious” failings.
Scandal has shrouded the private school in recent years and an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse published a highly critical report in August 2018 that said “appalling sexual abuse [was] inflicted over decades on children as young as seven”.
