Sale of building on Northumberland Road will go towards cost of new premises
The Jesuit order said it would use the proceeds of the sale of the Northumberland Road building to help fund the new, fit-for-purpose premises on the Gonzaga campus. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters
“The current school located on Northumberland Road is no longer suitable for the needs of the students, housed as it is in an ageing Victorian residential premises over four levels,” the order said. Founded in 1958, St Declan’s caters for primary school students, both boys and girls, with emotional and behavioural difficulties, who attend for about two years before returning to a mainstream school. The average class size is six children.
A statement about the latest disclosures is posted on the school website as is a reference to the earlier statements in relation to suspected child sex abusers in the order’s membership.
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