"Families can not afford to live in the area any longer. It is true that the number of children was falling. Hackney Council have moved lots of our families to areas like Luton, outside of London - zone five or six. It is cheaper for them to pay for housing somewhere on the outskirts than to let the families live in Hackney - the rent is so expensive people cannot afford it."
"We have lost quite a few families over the years. The families are devastated. It is not just a school it is a community. We go to church together, we celebrate mass together... It does feel like a community.”
"The school currently has a third as many children starting in reception as it used to and has lost an entire classroom of children in recent years."
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