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Avon Valley. Inset: MP for Devizes, Danny Kruger "SOMEONE has blundered, and I expect an investigation to prevent anything similar happening in future." Thats the response from MP Danny Kruger to the news that Avon Valley sixth form is likely to close at the end of this academic year. The closure was announced last month, with the college - based in Durrington - citing "unacceptable financial challenges", and that enrolment figures are "unsustainable". Mr Kruger says he has been contacte...

A GROUP of students have said they are "appalled" and "devastated" after it was announced their sixth form is to close at the end of the year. Avon Valley Sixth Form, on Recreation Road, Durrington, announced on Friday it would be closing, blaming "unacceptable financial challenges". A statement released by the Salisbury Plain Academies Trust said that since 2017, "considerable effort" has been put into increasing the size of the college and by 2020 numbers had increased to 31 in Years 12...