A SCHOOL for some of Scotland's most troubled boys has been closed to new pupils. A watchdog has suspended all admissions at a church-run residential centre in Ayrshire which caters for, among ...

The boss of a residential school for boys with behaviour problems has been accused of sexually assaulting a pupil's mum. David Barr, head of care at the Church of Scotland-run Geilsland School in ...

In one extreme case, drug and alcohol abuse was rife among pupils at Geilsland residential school in Beith, Ayrshire, where the murderer of Fife teenager Karen Dewar was sent. The bullying of ...

Geilsland is able to care for 35 boys in three residential units. There are currently 21 children on site. Youngsters are usually referred to the school by children's panels.