 has said it faces "a very real possibility of closure" due to a lack of funding. Northease Manor in Lewes, East Sussex, said local authorities had "absolutely refused" to agree to a "realistic" increase in its fees. One county council said the school's fee increase was "unsustainable". The school's chair of governors, Julie Toben, said the news had been delivered to parents and was causing "huge anxiety".){kind=link}
At a glance
Northease Manor School is an independent school for children with special needs
It says it needs to increase its fees after years of under-funding
It wants to charge £32,000 a year but says it has only been offered an increase of 5%, taking it to £27,000
East Sussex council said paying a 30% increase would be “unsustainable and disproportionate” for the local authority to manage