Mother buys school to give her son a proper education

After nine schools failed to meet the needs of her dyslexic son, Annabel Goodman was delighted to finally find one that did.

But just a month after enrolling her son Jacob, 13, at the small independent school she found it was to shut because of financial troubles.

It was then that she decided to take the extraordinary step of buying the school herself in order to save it from closure.

The 35-year-old barrister has set up a limited company to manage the New Elizabethan School in Worcestershire and cover its £120,000-a-year running costs.

Miss Goodman has made an undisclosed personal investment in the project and secured further investment from backers. Her £120,000 outgoings include the teachers’ wages, maintenance, insurance, rent of the premises, books, sporting equipment and minibus.