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The Christian School in Takeley is set to close this month after a last-ditch bid to continue classes until the end of the summer term in mid-July failed. Parents at the small fee-paying school, which was founded in 1989 to deliver a faith-based education, have been told the registered charity’s financial position is so grave that trustees are “entering into an insolvency and liquidation process”. The Indie has seen a memo sent to families which explains how hopes of remaining open until the end of the term – and permanent closure at the end of the academic year on July 17 – have been dashed. …

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