Education Works placed into administration

School bookseller Education Works has been placed into voluntary administration.

Andrew Sallway, Said Jahani and Matthew Donnelly of Grant Thornton were appointed administrators of the company and its eight related businesses on Wednesday 25 July. The Education Works group consists of the Wooldridge retail stores, Jacaranda Educational Supplies, the Elizabeth Richards direct mail business and the Fotoworks school photography business.

Grant Thornton said in a statement that ‘due to insufficient funding being available to continue to employ the staff, approximately 85 employees at the group will be made redundant’. The administrators said, however, that they…