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Radio London,4 mins

Why more inner London schools could close

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A new report has found that more inner London schools could close, due to a drop in demand for places. By 2028 - there could be nearly 8-thousand fewer places required across both primary and secondary settings. There's lots of different reasons behind it. Fewer babies have been born in the past decade, but the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis has also pushed more families out of inner London. So what's the impact? And what is being done about it? Âé¶¹Éç Radio London's Salma El-Wardany has been finding out.

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