A small private school has announced it will close after 127 years, blaming Labour’s tax raid on fees and other rising costs.
Moorlands School in Leeds, which charges up to £4,000 a term, said it will close at the end of the autumn term.
The prep school, which is part of the Methodist Independent Schools Trust, educates children aged two to 11.
Labour’s 20 per cent VAT on fees, which was introduced in January, has led to pupils being priced out and schools struggling to fill places.
Today, education minister Jacqui Smith refused to apologise for the policy, although she admitted ‘every closure is sad’.
