Guardian analysis lays bare effect of dwindling pupil numbers and associated funding amid rising housing and childcare costs
More than 90 English primary schools – many of them in cities and towns – are to close or at risk of closure because they are more than two-thirds empty, according Guardian analysis of government data.
A combination of falling birth rates and the urban exodus of young families in the face of rising housing and childcare costs, mean many primary schools are seeing their numbers – and associated funding – drop, with some struggling keep their doors open as a result.
