The Budget raid on private schools like mine puts our very existence under threat

The Budget raid on private schools like mine puts our very existence under threat …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

Rachel Reeves has now confirmed in her first Budget that she will introduce VAT on private school fees from January 2025 – and (from April) will remove business rates relief, too.

As the head of a co-educational private day school, I can say with some certainty that these decisions threaten not just the existence of independent schools – but the very ethos of educational choice that underpins our society.

Independent schools are often misrepresented as large, exclusive institutions…

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