Abbey College, Malvern
 | |
| Established | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Type | Independent residential tutorial college |
| Principal | Colin Spicer |
| Founder | MA Kaveh |
| Location |
253 Wells Road Malvern Worcestershire WR14 4JF England Coordinates: 52°04′21″N 2°19′58″W / 52.0725°N 2.3329°W |
| DfE number | 885/6026 |
| Staff |
20 (Full Time) 20 (Part time)[1] |
| Students | c100 [1] |
| Ages | 14–20 |
| Website | Malvern Abbey College |
Abbey College in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, is a small boarding school providing education mainly for students from countries outside the United Kingdom. The present college was founded in 1979 by MA Kaveh on a site that had been used for education since 1874.[2][3]
It is located on a 70 acres (28 ha) campus on the flanks of the Malvern Hills between Great Malvern and Malvern Wells.[4] The school is co-educational with around 100 students on its roll and specialises in pre-university education providing courses at GCSE, IGCSE, GCE AS Level, A-level, Foundation Level and English as a second or foreign language (ESOL).
In January 2014, Abbey College was fined £24,000 after pleading guilty to not reviewing existing fire risk assessments. Judge Michael Cullum told Hekmat Kaveh, who was running Abbey College,[5] "the risk assessments were 'woefully inadequate' and added: 'The consequences of a fire would have been disastrous.'"[6][7] Hekmat Kaveh responded that “the college now meets all regulatory requirements”.[6]
In October 2014, Colin Spicer was installed as the college's new principal.[8][9]
References
- 1 2 http://www.isbi.com/viewschool.asp?school=1533-Abbey_College ISBI Retrieved 8 August 2010
- ↑ School Location web page
- ↑ Abbey College in London and Malvern. British Boarding Schools Workshop. 2 October 2015.
- ↑ Ofsted inspection report 2006 Retrieved 8 August 2010 Cache
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/schools/10233290/Top-independent-school-claims-ownership-of-couples-garden.html
- 1 2 "One of Britain's top public schools fined after judge describes fire safety measures as 'woefully inadequate'". Daily Mail. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ↑ "College owner fined £24,000 for breaches of Fire Regulations". Zeta Compliance Services. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ↑ "Colin Spicer" ThePieJobs. 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "Staff profiles' Abbey College website. 2 October 2015.