Week of reckoning for north London schools as fate of eight primaries to be decided

Hackney Council is set to close or merge six primary schools next week - (Hackney Council)

Eight half-empty primary schools across north London will learn their fates next week as the capital’s birth rate continues to tumble.

Hackney Council is expected to finalise plans to close or merge six more primary schools next Tuesday, despite four already shutting their doors permanently last summer.