One of Ireland’s top independent boys’ schools is seeking to capitalise on the British government’s plan to add VAT to UK private school fees.
The Labour Party has said it plans to slap the 20 percent charge on fees as early as September next year.
Its aim is to raise £1.5billion a year to recruit 6,500 specialist teachers for state schools and fund mental health support in every school.
However, it is estimated the policy will push tens of thousands of pupils of fee-paying schools into the state sector.
Clongowes Wood College, a boarding school catering for boys aged 12 to 18 on its 550 acres near Clane, Co. Kildare, has embarked on an ad campaign in the UK to tempt parents to look overseas.
Clongowes Wood College is a boarding…
