Overview
- Catalonia’s education department is pursuing an informational case into El Ventijol and has assigned a second inspector following new testimony.
- The regional anti-fraud office is conducting a parallel inquiry, has granted protected whistleblower status, and says potential criminal elements could be referred to prosecutors.
- Complaints from four educators describe slaps, ear tugs, pain-point pressure, forced feeding, and tying nonverbal pupils to chairs without family authorization.
- Union sources cite photos later removed from the school’s website as showing children restrained, while inspectors say the accounts gathered so far are contradictory.
- Police report no active investigation, the school denies violent practices, and families who learned of the claims through the press are meeting regularly with the center and officials.