MPs and campaigners are calling for the Charity Commission to investigate the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, which both charge private schools more for tickets than state schools.

35 Education, a British-based philanthropic education enterprise, has taken over The Glenalmond Group, encompassing Glenalmond College and Craigclowan School & Nursery.

St Hugh's School, a preparatory school near Faringdon in Oxfordshire, is to teach older pupils to combat “fee inflation” caused by VAT.