The nightmare finding a good state school: As Labour are set to whack VAT on fees, I had to pull my children out of £38,000-a-year private school because of the soaring cost of living… It’s been awful

Memories of taking each of my children for their first day in reception at a private prep school in Cambridgeshire are incredibly special.Three years apart, the experiences were remarkably similar. Their warm little hands clasped in mine, eyes filled with a mixture of excitement and trepidation in equal measure, my own heart thumping at the thought of them taking such a big step into the world.