Private senior school closes due to soaring costs – BBC News

A private school in Lancashire is no longer financially viable and is having to close at short notice, its head teacher has confirmed. Jonathan Harrison, who is also proprietor of the Moorland School in Clitheroe, wrote to parents and carers on Wednesday to say the senior school would shut its doors on Friday. He explained Moorland could no longer operate because of factors including the imposition of VAT on school fees, falling numbers of full-fee paying students, uncollected fees, and higher operating costs.