Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. One of Britain’s biggest children’s home providers has been put up for sale for about £600m by its private equity ...

Witherslack Group’s Care Academy tackled high turnover and boosted stability in a challenging care environment. Judges said this was a powerful testament to the provider’s dedication and impact. Here ...

Deloitte has announced the winners of the UK’s Best Managed Companies 2025 at an awards ceremony at the McLaren Technology Centre, which includes Cumbria-based Witherslack Group. Did you know with a ...

Private schools receiving millions of pounds of taxpayer cash to educate children with special needs have used excessive restraint on pupils and failed to manage their behaviour, leaving them “at risk ...

Two former teachers convicted of cruelty charges against pupils at a residential school have been spared jail. Roger Whitehouse, 78 and Alec Greening, 69, worked at Witherslack Hall, a boys' school at ...

Drivers are being urged to avoid the A590 near Mill Side following a major police incident that has closed the road in both directions. The incident has led to a closure both ways of the A590 near ...

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Roger Whitehouse told the court he did not assault any of the school's pupils A former deputy head accused of mistreating pupils at a residential school "didn't stand any nonsense", a jury heard.

A jury has found three former South Cumbria residential school teachers not guilty of alleged historical mistreatment of pupils. Andrew Elliot, 68, of Greatford, Stamford, Lincolnshire; Michael Lynch, ...

A former deputy head accused of mistreating pupils at a residential school "didn't stand any nonsense", a jury heard. Roger Whitehouse and four other men are accused of historical assaults at ...