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In Touch: School closure - RNIB questioned

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04/09/2018

School closure - RNIB questioned

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, School closure - RNIB questioned

The RNIB announces it is closing a school after accusations it failed to safeguard pupils.

The RNIB announces that it is closing a school after accusations it failed to safeguard pupils and answers critics of the way it handled its financial crisis.

The RNIB has announced it's closing a school for visually impaired children with additional disabilities and admitted it has failed to deal with serious criticisms that it didn't safeguard its pupils. Ofsted said current safeguarding practices in the Pears Centre in Coventry were not effective - and the weaknesses were putting pupils at risk of serious harm. They say that was unacceptable.

We talk to the RNIB's chair, Eleanor Southwood, and interim chief executive Eliot Lyne about how the RNIB is dealing with its recent financial crisis. The most recent figures show a deficit of more than £12 million but they tell us they're expecting a small surplus, partly after cutting jobs.

We also put listeners' questions to them about whether or not the RNIB is trying to take on too many different roles.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Sarah Lewthwaite.

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