Education
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23 hours agoLondon first-choice school offers lag behind average
Over 88% of London children received their first choice primary school, but this is below the national average and applications have decreased.
The number of pupils in primary schools in London is continuing to fall sharply as a low birth rate coupled with families moving away from the capital is starting to take effect, a report has found. Since 2019 there has been a drop of 150,000 pupils according to analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) which predicted a further 400,000 drop of pupils in schools in England by the end of the decade.