More than 90 English primary schools to close or face closure for lack of pupils

Guardian analysis lays bare effect of dwindling pupil numbers and associated funding

• ‘Where am I going to send my children?’: anguish as schools close

More than 90 English primary schools – many of them in cities and towns – are to close or at risk of closure because they are more than two-thirds empty, according Guardian analysis of government data.

A combination of falling birth rates and the urban exodus of young families in the face of rising housing and childcare costs, mean many primary schools are seeing their numbers – and associated funding – drop, with some struggling keep their doors open as a result.