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Four-hundred year-old West Cumbrian school to close

A West Cumbrian school that's been open for more than 400 years is to close.

St Bees School offers boarding and day education. It will shut at the end of the 2015 summer term, the governors have announced.

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Stuart Lancaster 'absolutely gutted' over St Bees school closure

Stuart Lancaster has told ITV News he's 'absolutely gutted' about the closure of his former school. The England rugby coach developed his love of the game at St Bees school on the west Cumbrian coast.

Governors announced on Friday the independent school in west Cumbria will close in the summer due to falling students numbers.

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