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No rise in private school closures in England since Labour’s VAT proposal, data shows

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Nutrition label

83% Informative

Since 1987 , when data started to be collected, 2,583 schools have opened and 2,674 have shut.

In the decade from 2013 to 2023 , 847 schools closed an average of nearly 85 a year.

No apparent increase in trend since Labour announced it was imposing VAT on fees.

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86

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85

Neutral language

73

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informal

Language

English

Language complexity

50

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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