The Bridewell Bunker
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Merge the schools. Capture the intake. Sell the land. What could go wrong?
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| 00:00 - 00:03 | I've palmed them off with a "consultation" for now. |
| 00:04 - 00:05 | We've organised new bus routes |
| 00:05 - 00:07 | From Shamley Green to Witley. |
| 00:08 - 00:12 | We've placed Sophie Barber as the new Head of Barrow Hills, |
| 00:12 - 00:15 | Offered free uniform and waived a term of fees. |
| 00:17 - 00:19 | Perfect - so all pupils |
| 00:19 - 00:21 | will transfer to Bridewell schools? |
| 00:24 - 00:26 | Mr Blurton... |
| 00:27 - 00:28 | The Parents... |
| 00:31 - 00:33 | The parents are considering alternative options. |
| 00:34 - 00:36 | It seems most pupils will go to other schools. |
| 00:53 - 00:58 | The Following stay in the room: Moon, Voisin, Hailes and Baber |
| 01:13 - 01:15 | What do you mean "other schools"? |
| 01:15 - 01:17 | The whole point was to consolidate! |
| 01:18 - 01:23 | Not to lose them to our competitors! |
| 01:25 - 01:28 | I've spent the last year smiling at these people. |
| 01:29 - 01:31 | I sat through their nativity play. Twice! |
| 01:31 - 01:34 | Merge the schools. Capture the intake. |
| 01:34 - 01:37 | Sell the land. Stabilise the balance sheet. |
| 01:37 - 01:40 | That was the strategy - it was simple! |
| 01:40 - 01:42 | Mr Blurton, the parents are understandably upset... |
| 01:42 - 01:46 | Upset?! I gave them a free blazer! |
| 01:46 - 01:48 | Mr Blurton - it's their children... |
| 01:48 - 01:52 | This was never about children. It's about survival. |
| 01:53 - 01:54 | We're exposed. |
| 01:56 - 01:57 | Every pupil is revenue. |
| 01:57 - 02:00 | Without them - we will be next. |
| 02:00 - 02:03 | Keir Starmer will dance on our graves. |
| 02:04 - 02:08 | There will be no independent schools left by 2030. |
| 02:08 - 02:13 | This is about the bottom line. We need revenue. |
| 02:14 - 02:16 | Morality doesn't balance the books. |
| 02:17 - 02:21 | I could care less some snotty-nosed kids - we need money. |
| 02:27 - 02:29 | We need to control the narrative. |
| 02:30 - 02:34 | Bring them into the "Bridewell Family." |
| 02:34 - 02:36 | Lock in the next three generations. |
| 02:41 - 02:42 | We're being throttled. |
| 02:43 - 02:47 | First they strip our Business Rates Relief - decades of status, gone. |
| 02:48 - 02:53 | Then they slap us with 20% VAT on school fees. |
| 02:54 - 02:56 | The margins are evaporating. |
| 02:56 - 02:59 | Every acre of that site has a price tag on it. |
| 03:00 - 03:02 | Flatten the Palmer Hall and sell it to developers! |
| 03:04 - 03:07 | Please - not in front of the governors |
| 03:14 - 03:16 | So we close the school... |
| 03:19 - 03:23 | ...and somehow end up weaker than before. |
| 03:25 - 03:26 | it's over |
| 03:31 - 03:33 | So much for the villa in Marbella. |
| 03:40 - 03:46 | I was supposed to retire next year. |
| 03:46 - 03:49 | Instead I'll be asset-stripping until I'm eighty |
| 03:53 - 03:56 | Do what you want. |