Parents were told in a letter that the school and the Chatterbox Nursery associated with it would close on 16 July 2010, as they had been suffering "financial difficulties due to dwindling numbers".

[citation needed] Former owner and head teacher Simon McElwain was jailed for two years, in October 2007, after admitting the possession of child pornography images.

[6] Around this time, as the charges against McElwain became public, student numbers declined, although on the whole parents were supportive of the teaching staff, whom they knew to be doing their best for the pupils under difficult circumstances.

However the matter of the proposed transfer to limited company status was mentioned in at least one of the Employment Tribunals brought against the new owners by members of staff.

[citation needed] Conway School and Maypole House merged in January 2007 to form the Excell International College In Boston.

The premises belong to St Botolph's Church ("Boston Stump") and were leased to the various owners of the school, the Misses Gee having given the land for the purpose of providing an educational establishment.