Private schools

Blancheland College is given a glowing report by the UK's watchdog for independent schools.

Parents are hoping to raise £400,000 to keep Bishop Challoner School open.

Moorlands School in Leeds will close on 31 December, 127 years after it opened in 1898.

Parents say the school should have been more upfront about it difficulties as it confirms its closure.

One parent at the school, which charges up to £20,703 a year, worries pastoral care may be harmed.

York's Queen Margaret School can no longer withstand mounting financial pressures, a statement says.

The group, which runs them, says the closures are partly due to the added VAT on school fees.

Three high court judges have rejected a judicial review into the government's VAT policy on school fees.