Ovingdean Hall College, a vocational English language school in Brighton, has announced that it is likely to close due to financial difficulties.
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UK: Ovingdean Hall College set to close
Photo: Ovingdean Hall College. All bookings after the end of May 2015 have been cancelled and will be refunded, the school’s directors have explained.
“Students have been notified and every effort is being made to relocate places booked during the summer to other language schools”
“The school has been suffering from financial difficulties for some time,” the directors told The PIE News.
“Students have been notified and every effort is being made to relocate places booked during the summer to other language schools in the area.”
Current students will not be affected, and will finish their courses at the school, which is expected to close in June.
The likely closure was announced on the school’s website last week.
“It is with deep regret that we announce the likely closure of Ovingdean Hall English Language School,” the announcement read. “Please note that we will not be accepting any further enquiries for bookings.”
Since being established as an English language school in 2011, the school has taught “thousands of students”, the directors said.
The school, which is a member of peak body English UK and accredited by the British Council, informed both bodies before making the formal announcement.
However, it will not need the support of English UK’s Emergency Student Support Fund as the closure is voluntary and it is able to place students without the association’s help, its deputy executive for professional services, Huan Japes, informed The PIE News.
“It’s a big, big shame,” Japes commented. “If anyone wanted to invest in it, it would definitely be worth calling and talking about it. We’re hoping someone will see it as a possible investment.”
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As much as we, all the ex-pupils of Ovingdean Hall School for the Deaf having to see our old school closing back in 2005- also to finically difficulties – it’s about time the Government purchase & control OH outright back to a deaf, hard of hearing & deafblind school/College so that we the future pupils are not push into mainstream schools/college etc. funded with special communicators of British Sign Languages & trainers- while the one in seven of all children & young adults are struggling to better themselves to be equal in the hearing world?-BRING BACK OHS for the DEAF now
As much as the College did cater for international students in English studies – I can say that the Deaf School before that – was equally doing the same with the deaf & hard of hearing international students- I remembered many during my time at OH for five years ( 1960 to 1965) – and as far as I know did carry on up to 2005? – being an international set up – why can’t this government invest into the building & make the English languages part of the international well know language of the world – the airlines are doing it for the safely of flying- why not all counties of the world?
As I have been in this school from 1967 to 1989 and loves it and made lovely friends there even a boyfriend now and now at 52 years old and miss that school. Xx
Ovingdean Hall School was doing well until the Government introduced the School League Table as a guideline for parents to educate deaf children for GCSEs. I’m sure that large electricity/energy bills for using computers was the downfall and the staff were clueless about political agendas that led to the demise and closure of that school.