A specialist college for young people with autism is to close after being given an ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating for the second time in a year.
Farleigh Further Education College in Frome, Somerset, owned by Aspris Children’s Services, told FE Week that it will shut the college at the end of the summer term due to “ongoing shortcomings” in provision.
The college said it has “no viable option” but to close. “We are sorry for the disruption this will cause,” a spokesperson added.
As of May, the college had 24 learners aged 16 to 25 with autism. All are in receipt of high needs funding.
