Huddersfield school at centre of refugee controversy set for closure

    A school in Huddersfield that came to national attention when footage emerged of a refugee being bullied is set for closure.

    Almondbury Community School hit the headlines when a video circulated of a 15-year-old boy from Syria being taunted and then pulled to the ground before having water poured in his face.

    Parents are criticising proposals to remove the secondary element to the school and just operate as a primary. The school said pupil numbers have fallen in recent years.

    The school was rated inadequate by Ofsted in December 2018, for "ineffective" safeguarding and "variable" and "weak" teaching.

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