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Funding restored to scandal-hit school
The Ministry of Defence has restored funding to one of Bristol’s top independent schools following a temporary pause triggered by a peodophile teacher being prosecuted for filming children.
Bristol24/7 revealed that funding was pulled for subsidies for children of armed forces personnel after Jonathan Thomson-Glover was prosecuted last year.
But following an inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, the funding has now been reinstated after the inspectorate found the school had made “excellent progress in establishing first-class procedures and practices and raising the awareness of all staff and pupils to the importance of safeguarding”.
A spot inspection was carried out in February 2016 and followed the school’s implementation of an action plan after an initial inspection in July 2015.
Head of College, Dr Tim Greene, who joined the school after the previous head stepped down in October last year, said: “I am very pleased that the College has now been judged to meet fully all of the requirements set out by the inspectorate.
“Moreover, when interviewed by inspectors, boarders of all ages said they were happy, enjoyed school life, were well cared for and felt safe, with plenty of people to turn to if they needed support.”
Thomson-Glover, 53, a former German teacher and housemaster, pleaded guilty last year to 36 charges of making, taking and possessing indecent images of more than 120 pupils. He was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.
The college charges around £30,000 a year for boarders.
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