Other private schools say they will absorb some of the cost of the removal of tax exemption
Eton college has sent a letter to parents saying it will raise its fees by a fifth in response to the government’s removal of the VAT exemption on private schools. The annual fees will increase from £52,749 to about £63,000.
In the letter, the school said: “The provost and fellows regret that the government has chosen to tax education in this way.