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Schools across the country could be forced to close as a falling birth rate lowers pupil numbers, warns a report.
They stand to collectively lose more than £1billion in funding by 2030 because they cannot fill their places, according to the Education Policy Institute, a think tank.
The EPI says it will lead to heads taking 'cost-cutting measures' and mergers and closures. This will affect primary schools at first, but eventually secondary schools too.
The birth rate is declining despite the fact that the population, largely as a result of immigration, is continuing to grow.
The warning from the EPI comes after a Daily Mail investigation found hundreds of schools may close in the next six years, with dozens already at risk.
Schools stand to collectively lose more than £1billion in funding by 2030 because they are struggling to fill their places, a report has
