clousre of Winestead Hall

 

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Winestead - 2                                 closed down

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Why Winestead School was closed

On 8th January 1998, Tvind's Winestead Hall School was suddenly closed after an investigation by the Charity Commission, Humberside social services department, education officials and accountants.

The officials warned that the health, safety and welfare of the young people could not be guaranteed and decided on closure because they were receiving no cooperation from the school's mostly Danish 'Tvind' management.

The details of the investigation have never been officially made public.   We recommend that anyone interested should put pressure on the Charity Commission by writing to them asking them to disclose the information.  more on this.

However Tvind Alert has established that:

• Teenagers at the school were not properly supervised.  There were not enough staff to look after the pupils. Teenagers were roaming the school at night without staff present.  There were concerns about health and safety.
  
  

• There were allegations of psychological and physical abuse.  A police investigation was started  -   though dropped for lack of evidence.
  
  

• There were serious financial irregularities.  The school management paid vastly inflated rent to a Tvind offshore company, Argyll Smith.  Over 15 years millions of pounds had been salted away in the Teachers Group, instead of being spent on the schools.

The head teacher, Steen Thomson, later admitted that he and other staff had lied about the staffing arrangements at the school, falsified documentation, and concealed the connection with Tvind - all at the request of the Teachers group leader Amdi Petersen

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Why Winestead School was closed

On 8th January 1998, Tvind's Winestead Hall School was suddenly closed after an investigation by the Charity Commission, Humberside social services department, education officials and accountants.

The officials warned that the health, safety and welfare of the young people could not be guaranteed and decided on closure because they were receiving no cooperation from the school's mostly Danish 'Tvind' management.

The details of the investigation have never been officially made public.   We recommend that anyone interested should put pressure on the Charity Commission by writing to them asking them to disclose the information.  more on this.

However Tvind Alert has established that:

• Teenagers at the school were not properly supervised.  There were not enough staff to look after the pupils. Teenagers were roaming the school at night without staff present.  There were concerns about health and safety.
  
  

• There were allegations of psychological and physical abuse.  A police investigation was started  -   though dropped for lack of evidence.
  
  

• There were serious financial irregularities.  The school management paid vastly inflated rent to a Tvind offshore company, Argyll Smith.  Over 15 years millions of pounds had been salted away in the Teachers Group, instead of being spent on the schools.

The head teacher, Steen Thomson, later admitted that he and other staff had lied about the staffing arrangements at the school, falsified documentation, and concealed the connection with Tvind - all at the request of the Teachers group leader Amdi Petersen

next page 

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On 8th January 1998, Tvind's Winestead Hall School was suddenly closed after an investigation by the Charity Commission, Humberside social services department, education officials and accountants.

The officials warned that the health, safety and welfare of the young people could not be guaranteed and decided on closure because they were receiving no cooperation from the school's mostly Danish 'Tvind' management.

The details of the investigation have never been officially made public.   We recommend that anyone interested should put pressure on the Charity Commission by writing to them asking them to disclose the information.  more on this.

However Tvind Alert has established that:

Teenagers at the school were not properly supervised.  There were not enough staff to look after the pupils. Teenagers were roaming the school at night without staff present.  There were concerns about health and safety.

There were allegations of psychological and physical abuse.  A police investigation was started  -   though dropped for lack of evidence.

There were serious financial irregularities.  The school management paid vastly inflated rent to a Tvind offshore company, Argyll Smith.  Over 15 years millions of pounds had been salted away in the Teachers Group, instead of being spent on the schools.

The head teacher, Steen Thomson, later admitted that he and other staff had lied about the staffing arrangements at the school, falsified documentation, and concealed the connection with Tvind - all at the request of the Teachers group leader Amdi Petersen

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