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End Divisive Pricing and Exclusion Based on School Background

Stop Profiling Children by School Type

School type is a blunt and unreliable proxy for disadvantage

Across the UK, children are increasingly being treated differently based on assumptions linked to the type of school they attend.

This needs to STOP

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If Fiscal Policy Affected Children in Hospitals Like It Is Affecting Children in Independent Schools, There Would Be National Outrage
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If Fiscal Policy Affected Children in Hospitals Like It Is Affecting Children in Independent Schools, There Would Be National Outrage

A combination of tax changes and rising costs is reshaping educational choices and shifting pressure across a connected system, revealing the foreseeable consequences for families when policy assumptions meet real-world behaviour.

April 27, 2026 Published by Michelle Daniells, Founder & CEO of The Association for Families of Independent Schooling (AFIS) C.I.C.

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