​Threat of rising private school fees
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GWC parents were stunned this week by notice of next year’s fees, an eye-watering nine per cent rise after hefty increases in the past two years. It’s a 30 percent hike in three years to £17,388 for senior school pupils, and that’s before an incoming Labour government imposes 20 per cent VAT. Watson’s is by no means alone, but with some 25 per cent of all Edinburgh pupils privately educated, demographics show they’re not all the wealthy elite Labour thinks it is targeting. It could mean fees of...

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