“Top of our concerns should be the impact on children. It clearly isn’t. This taxation is unjust, unfair, may be in breach of the ECHR and will likely worsen educational inequalities.
“The government should dwell a pause and think again.”
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Several Christian schools have already closed down as a result of the plans, including Kilgraston, Scotland’s only Catholic boarding school.
Cedars Christian school in Greenock, west Scotland, is closing at the end of the month and St Joseph’s Preparatory School in Stoke-on-Trent is to shutter in December.
The schools have all cited the VAT changes as a factor in their closures.
Niel Deepnarain, head of Unite for Education, a Scotland-based Christian education charity, said that children will be “worse off as a result” of the closures.
“Children across Scotland are faced with increased indoctrination in the classroom, so the need for Christian education has never been greater,” he said.
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He added, “It is clear that the decision of the new Labour government to impose VAT on school fees from January has been one burden too many for families already facing high living costs.”
