“Rastro carved” families are Fight to rescue private school Which facial is to be Turn off within the day In the middle of small financial pressures and government political policies of VAT.
One mother, 48, she said Independent She will not have a choice, but to the house, who has a son, who has special educational needs (send) if the Bishop Challoner in Bromley closes as planned on Friday, on the last day of this school year.
Of the 271 students in the school, 94 sent, according to the report of the Independent School of Inspectorate last year. It is about 35 percent of students – almost twice as two percent of all students in England – according to government data for January 2024.
The school said that it became a challenging environment for schools, with falling birth rate, growing life costs and the rule of VAT add problems. They said that other government policies – as contributed to the growth of employers and removing the relief prices – they contributed.
Fees for newborn private schools began on € 4,591, increasing the 6,562 pounds for high school students, from the scholarship available for “outstanding achievements”.
The father said that his five-year-old “devastated” reaction that drove him to establish a group for parents to join forces in effort to save school, of which Their fundraising was born. At the meeting when the closure of the school was announced, he described “every parent who attended the showing of huge ‘rolling gloves, we will fight for the attitude” “.
Stacy long, 40, said his son, Paddy Pucking long, attended school. The 40-year-old father said, “He had absolutely upset for a few hours. I didn’t make me believe it. I couldn’t believe the attachment he showed. She was to maintain living because of his reaction.
“He shy and refused his first day at school. To see the development they did with him, educational, socially – it had to be a struggle for living school.”
The mother, who wanted to remain anonymous, explained that many parents whose needs could not fulfill in the state sector a bishop’s challenge, in southern London, as “offered space with excellent pastoral care.”
She said that in a two-year battle for obtaining education, health and care (EHCP) for their son, finding the process “impossible”. The EHCP focused on ensuring sending children to receive the support they need, and many parents report difficulties in securing their local authorities.
Speaking about his son, the mother said, “All the staff crossed up and despite the difficulties, and that is also credited, as well as a sense of responsibility, as well as to reveal him to discover him in periods of anxiety.
“This is now all confiscated, and without EHCP we have no sustainable alternative, and I will be forced to the home school from September. All the progress made, especially socially, and I am very worried about him.”
Mr. Long described a strong “beautiful” sense of community built around school. He said that his wife attended him and met him there, while his mother worked in school for 35 years. “It would be disastrous to see it disappeared,” he said.
Government policy for imposing 20% of VAT on private school benefits entered into force 1. January and pulled out a lot of return rest from the sector. Keir Starmer insisted that the tax will deliver more funds for public schools and thus “run standards” for the majority that cannot afford to adjust the fees in the independent sector.
Earlier in June, the bishopalic challenge betrayed the statement by announcing his zipper, who read, “This was an incredibly difficult decision, which school matched for avoidance.
“Despite dedicated to the efforts of the management of the school and school bishop, more challenging environment in the growing costs in the meantime, its operating costs have increased significantly in recent years in recent elevation prices and legal increase in employers’ national insurance.
“Together these factors set up a significant stress on the financial sustainability of the school.”
Government Spokesperson of Great Britain: “The completion of tax breaks for private schools will raise 1.8 billion pounds per year up to 2029/30 to support public services, including 94 percent of children in public schools to achieve and strain.
“On average, about 50 major private schools usually close each year. This is due to a number of reasons, including financial struggles and problems in the school standard.
“Local authorities and schools that usually support children and parents in these circumstances; we are confident in the ability of local civil schools to receive new students.”
The number of students in private schools in England fell after the introduction of VAT for compensation, the latest government broadcasts. There were about 11,000 fewer students in the private schools in January in private schools last year, according to the Education Department (DFE). But DFE suggested that it was “primarily driven by demographic changes.”
However, the data does not show the trend of independent closing schools, with 35 openings from last year.
The challenant bishop school refused IndependentRequest for comment.