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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