Despite Rendcomb College’s extremely strong track record as a school, the reality is that current and projected pupil numbers, alongside the economic situation facing independent schools across the country, do not make the school financially viable in the future. It has therefore reluctantly been decided that the school will close at the end of the academic year.
The staff and Governors have done everything to make Rendcomb College an excellent school and its closure is highly unfortunate but sadly unavoidable.
For many years, the College has benefited from significant funding from the Rendcomb College Foundation. Whilst this has made the operation of the College possible until now, the enormous increase in the deficit for the current year, and the anticipated financial picture for next year, mean that such support is unsustainable.
This is a very sad decision to have taken and follows the exploration of every other feasible option including mergers and other forms of funding.
Our focus now will be on helping pupils find appropriate alternative provision and assisting our highly professional and dedicated staff to find posts elsewhere.
