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Inside the scramble for London grammar school places as children as young five get private tutoring

The VAT on private school fees is pricing out many families, who are instead turning to tuition to win places at independent schools

Evening Standard · Feb 14

London secondary schools numbers set to decline in similar scale to primary school crisis

Experts have warned that schools are having to merge classes and even year groups due to a sharp drop in the capital’s birth rate

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2025

Levelling up report card: how the Tories’ pledges stack up today

Boris Johnson’s winning manifesto said it would ‘level up’ deprived parts of the UK by making the most of Brexit. Our writers drill down into the numbers to judge whether the party is making good on this promise

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2024