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After closure the main school buildings were used by International Foundation of Inspiration, Spirituality and Healing (IFISH), who used it for the study, promotion and practice of psychic science and spiritual healing until 2003.

The site then became the home of Cawston Park psychiatric hospital. In November 2006 former Tory MP David Prior, non-executive chairman of Cawston Park was arrested among others by Norfolk Constabulary who were investigating allegiations of financial irregularities. He was cleared of involvement in the alleged fraud on the 15th February 2007 The hospital closed in 2009 in the aftermath of the trial, along with its sister unit Kelling Park near Holt, after owners Chancellor Care went into administration. In 2010 it was sold to the Jeesal Group for use as a specialist hospital providing treatment for adults with learning difficulties and problems including mental-health breakdowns.

The school's old water tower has been converted into a house by former pupil David Forster. This conversion has been featured on Channel 5's "Build a New Life in the Country".

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