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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Cameron Blackshaw

Parents launch fundraiser in bid to save London private school closing due to VAT pressures

Stacey and Paddy Long are among those fighting to save the school - (Stacey Long / LDRS)

Parents with children at a Bromley private school that has announced its closure have launched a fundraiser in an attempt to save it.

Two weeks ago, Bishop Challoner School’s Board of Trustees confirmed that the Catholic independent school for children aged three to 18 would close at the end of the current academic year, citing Labour’s VAT hike and rising living costs as contributing factors.

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