Closed school up for sale
£950,000 ASKING PRICE AS LIQUIDATORS PUT BUILDINGS ON THE MARKET
THE buildings of a private school which shut days before the start of the academic year are up for sale.
The two buildings which housed Rastrick Independent School and a nursery, are on sale with a guide price of £950,000.
The school, owned and run by headteacher Susan Vaughey, went into voluntary liquidation earlier this month.
The £10,500-per-year school suddenly closed six days before the start of the 2019/20 academic year leaving parents urgently searching for alternatives for their children.
At the time of its closure the school, which could accommodate up to 482 pupils, had approximately 70 pupils enrolled.
Business property firm Christie & Co is marketing the former school which was due to celebrate its 25th anniversary this year.
The building, according to the listing, has a ‘traditional feel throughout’ – a reception hallway plus a sports hall, kitchen and multiple classrooms.
The listing adds: “...the school, which is now closed, is located in a predominantly residential area and provides excellent commuter links, including a direct train line to London Kings Cross, Leeds and Manchester.”
Rosie Adlem, director of education and childcare at Christie & Co, said the building offered ‘huge potential’ for anyone wishing to invest in the education or childcare sector.
Ms Adlem said: “The business is now closed, and we are marketing the site on the instructions of the joint liquidators.
“Interest is invited for the freehold site which holds huge potential for anyone looking to acquire an asset which could be utilised within the childcare or education sector, as well as other potential care, hospitality, specialist sectors, subject to the appropriate consents being approved.”
The school was not overseen by Ofsted but was inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
In the latest inspection in November 2018 the school was found to be meeting all required standards.
The inspectors also said early years provision, leadership and management, quality of teaching, learning and assessment was ‘outstanding’.