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Cathedral choir school to merge to solve cash crisis

by Paul Wilkinson

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 @ 09:07

RIPON Cathedral Choir School is finalising a merger with another independent school, eight miles out of the city, after struggling for several years with financial problems.

The mixed school, which was founded in 1960, currently has 74 pupils, aged between three and 13. Staff and pupils are expected to transfer at the start of the autumn term to the Cundall Manor School, near the village of Helperby.

One parent at Cundall Manor told a local paper: "There was absolutely no ...

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