More than 50 private schools have closed or announced plans to do so this year after Labour’s VAT raid came into force in January.
The new 20 per cent tax on fees has hit school budgets partly due to families being priced out and leaving the sector.
New analysis shows at least 54 private schools have folded since January 1, when the tax became effective.
These include top prep schools, sixth-form colleges and those serving children with special educational needs (SEN).
Julie Robinson, chief executive of the Independent Schools Council, told The Times: ‘We remain concerned about children falling through the cracks as specialist schools are threatened or become out of the reach of the parents who have depended on them.’
