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Louise Hodson, executive head teacher of Greater Manchester Independent School, said Ibrahima's infectious energy "lit up every room" and his death had left a "huge hole" in the school community.

This is the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic that independent school pupil numbers have fallen.

Rudd was employed by Plymouth College, an independent school, until 2017.

"We're a British independent school but sitting firmly within Nigerian cultural needs," says John Todd, head of Charterhouse Nigeria.

For 39 years, St Joseph's College, an independent school on the outskirts of the town, has organised a rugby festival.