Almost 8,000 fewer children will need school places over the next four years due to a falling birth rate and families leaving London due to Brexit, the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, a new report by London Councils warns.
It means schools, which are funded according to the number of pupils they have, will be forced to either close or to balance their budgets by cutting teachers, narrowing the curriculum or offering fewer after-school clubs.
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