Keir Starmer sent his children to 'state prep for the middle class' trends now
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The row over Labour's 'class war' plan to add VAT to private school fees deepened last night after it emerged that Sir Keir Starmer sent his children to a primary school which has been described as a 'state-run prep school for the middle classes'.
The move to strip private schools of their charitable status – meaning their fees will be subject to 20 per cent VAT – triggered a political storm after it was highlighted in last week's Mail on Sunday, with experts warning that tens of thousands of pupils would have to switch to state schools because their parents would be priced out.
But critics have pointed out that when they were younger, Sir Keir's children benefited from attending Eleanor Palmer Primary School, in Camden, North London, where the catchment area was recently down to just 182 yards.
Admission to the school, where his wife Victoria was a governor, has been described as 'selection by house price', because properties nearby sell for in excess of £2 million.
It has emerged that Sir Keir Starmer sent his children to a primary school which has been described as a 'state-run prep school for the middle classes'
The school has earned a reputation for
