According to the BBC, one London primary school has ambitions to create a senior boarding school to rival Eton and Harrow. It seems that boarding schools are finding a new role as providers of stability for the young.
** Urban primary moves out of town **
A primary in south London is to buy accommodation in the home counties to become an "all-through" Academy.
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