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Rachael Burford and Anna Davis

Number of London school pupils to fall twice as fast as UK average as parents forced out of capital

The number of pupils at London primary schools is falling twice as quickly as the national average as parents are forced out of the capital by spiraling costs.

There is expected to be another drop of around 52,000 primary school-aged children in the city by 2028, according to the Education Policy Institute (EPI).

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