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Published On: 6th October 2026

London Councils, representing local authorities in the capital, produced a report ‘Finding the Balance’ on falling education class numbers and the effect on school budgets. 

They call for more consistency in school closure process and powers to manage surplus school buildings.

The news site MyLondon has published a similar article.

It explains that the funding allocated for each individual school is directly tied to the number of students it has enrolled so many individual schools are facing a funding crisis.

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