Grace Dieu Manor School was an
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preparatory school at
Grace-Dieu
Grace-Dieu is a placename of Leicestershire, England, named after Grace Dieu Priory which fell into disrepair following the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. The ruins are visible from the main road to Loughborough. Grace Dieu Mano ...
, near
Thringstone
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Until 1875, Thringstone had been a township within the ancient parish of Whitwick. The township ...
in
Leicestershire
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, England. It was founded in May 1933 by the
Rosminians
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as a prep school for
Ratcliffe College
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, and occupied the 19th-century
Grace Dieu Manor
Grace Dieu Manor is a 19th-century country house near Thringstone in Leicestershire, England, occupied by Grace Dieu Manor School until 2020. It is a Grade II listed building.
Early history
The house is named after the adjacent Grace Dieu Pri ...
, which has about of grounds.
[Past & Present]
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The school closed in July 2020 and the site placed on the market.
Sexual abuse scandal
Victims of sexual abuse by former staff at the school are suing the
Rosminian order, the owners of the school. The abuse was catalogued in the 2011
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The eleven men's claims span a period from 1952 to 1973, but many others have yet to be looked into
physical, sexual and emotional abuse including regular beating.
A former principal, Charles Foulds, has said that the incidents "have no relevance to the school of today" but also that "everyone here is very distressed that any child suffered in this place over half a century ago."