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Kate McGough

London

Senior Journalist and News Producer at BBC

📺 🎥📻👩🏻‍💻 BBC News senior journalist / producer covering all things education (formerly of @bbcbusiness @bbcbreakfast)

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  • Over 11,000 fewer pupils at private school this year

    3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Kate McGough |Harriet Agerholm

    The figures from the census of all schools in England provide the first complete picture of what is happening in the independent sector after the new 20% VAT on fees was introduced at the beginning of the year. Overall, 582,477 pupils in England attended private schools when the census data was collected in January this year, down from 593,486 the year before - a drop of 1.9% (or 11,009 pupils). Overall pupil numbers in England have fallen slightly to just over nine million.

  • Over 11,000 fewer pupils at private school this year

    3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Kate McGough

    Private school pupil numbers drop by 11,000 Kate McGoughEducation producer, BBC NewsBBC/Brijesh PatelThere were 11,000 fewer pupils at private schools in England this January compared to the same time last year, according to the latest school census data. The figures, released on Thursday, come after the government removed a VAT exemption for private schools on 1 January.

  • One in eight young people not in work or education

    1 month ago | bbc.com | Kate McGough

    'I've applied for hundreds of jobs': One in eight youths not in work or educationKate McGoughBBC / Kate McGoughLibby, 20, says she is trying to find a job but cannot get one"I've applied for factories, care work, hospital work - anything to just get a job to support me and my son," says 20-year-old mum Libby. She says she's sent hundreds of job applications to employers in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, with no success.

  • Neets: One in eight young people not in work or education

    1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Kate McGough |Elaine Dunkley

    Image source, BBC / Kate McGoughImage caption, Libby, 20, says she has applied for hundreds of roles without success"I've applied for factories, care work, hospital work - anything to just get a job to support me and my son," says 20-year-old mum Libby. She says she's sent hundreds of job applications to employers in Grimsby, with no success. "I've walked around the shops, gone into businesses giving out my CV," she tells the BBC.

  • Fees have risen more than government predicted, private schools say

    1 month ago | bbc.com | Vanessa Clarke |Kate McGough

    Fees have risen more than government predicted, private schools sayVanessa Clarke and Kate McGoughPhil LeakeGetty ImagesThe average cost of a place at a private school has increased by 22.6% in the last year – more than government estimates – after the introduction of VAT on fees, the body representing most UK independent schools says.

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Kate McGough @KateMcGough
5 Jun 25

RT @branwenjeffreys: I’ve been at a school in Essex this morning - where the PM told me the extension of free school meals was a “down paym…

Kate McGough
Kate McGough @KateMcGough
5 Jun 25

11,000 fewer pupils at private school according to school census stats https://t.co/vBGznCoPjM

Kate McGough
Kate McGough @KateMcGough
23 May 25

'I've applied for hundreds of jobs': One in eight youths not in work or education. (More on ⁦@BBCNews⁩ tv at 6pm this eve from ⁦@BBCElaine⁩ ⁦@dannelson_cam⁩ & me) #NEETs https://t.co/UNYiy7jGh9