'London is becoming a city without children'
Carlton School merged with Rhyl Community School in 2021 due to falling pupil numbersFamilies are being squeezed out as house prices and rent become unaffordable for manyThe government says it is up to local authorities "to balance the supply and demand of school places"London schools are struggling to stay open as pupil numbers plummet with rising rents and sky-high house prices, coupled with the cost-of-living crisis, among the factors squeezing families out.
One of those, St Dominic's in Gospel Oak, has about 40 pupils left. It is due to shut at the end of the school year but staff are wondering whether they can meet the building's energy costs until then, according to the National Education Union's Camden branch secretary.Carlton Primary School in Kentish Town was half full when it closed in 2021. It has since merged with Rhyl Community School, across two sites.
"When a school closes, it's devastating, it's the heart of the community - there is so much that they offer. When that's not there any more, the community is going to start to fall apart."Executive head teacher Helen Connor of Rhyl Primary said pupil numbers had dwindled for the last nine years"If you don't have schools, we won't have educated young people working in the community," she said.
Elsewhere in the capital, Hackney has warned that two of its primaries are likely to fold and another four may have to merge to survive. Meanwhile, Southwark has 16 schools at risk with a 26% decrease in demand since 2015.Former Forest Hill residents Chris and Roberta Hodder moved to Eastbourne due to house prices
Their former three-bed rented property has now sold for £600,000 as they settle by the seaside in a house the same size they bought for £200,000.
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