Established 1979 Founder MA Kaveh Students c100 Founded 1979 | Principal Colin Spicer DfE number 885/6026 Phone +44 1684 892300 Staff 20 | |
Location 253 Wells RoadMalvernWorcestershireWR14 4JFEngland Address 253 Wells Rd, Malvern WR14 4JF, UK Type of business Independent residential tutorial college Similar Malvern College, Malvern St James, Regents Theologic College, University of Worceste, South Worceste College Profiles | ||
Abbey College in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, is a small boarding school providing education mainly for students from countries outside the United Kingdom. The present college was founded in 1979 by MA Kaveh on a site that had been used for education since 1874.
It is located on a 70 acres (28 ha) campus on the flanks of the Malvern Hills between Great Malvern and Malvern Wells. The school is co-educational with around 100 students on its roll and specialises in pre-university education providing courses at GCSE, IGCSE, GCE AS Level, A-level, Foundation Level and English as a second or foreign language (ESOL).
In January 2014, Abbey College was fined £24,000 after pleading guilty to not reviewing existing fire risk assessments. Judge Michael Cullum told Hekmat Kaveh, who was running Abbey College, "the risk assessments were 'woefully inadequate' and added: 'The consequences of a fire would have been disastrous.'" Hekmat Kaveh responded that “the college now meets all regulatory requirements”.
In October 2014, Colin Spicer was installed as the college's new principal.