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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

UK houses near top state secondary schools cost £40,000 more, research reveals

Woman looking at houses for sale in window of an estate agent
Price differences vary across the country but the biggest premium is 54% in Sutton Coldfield. Photograph: Mike Kemp/In Pictures/Getty Images

A house near a top state secondary school costs an extra £40,000 on average, according to research that reveals education premiums that rank alongside some private school fees.

The average property in a postcode district that includes a top 50 state secondary commands a price tag of £415,791, compared with £375,217 across the wider local authority areas in which those schools are located, a UK-wide analysis by the estate agent Yopa found.

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