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School playground relocated to roof after running foul of Tory rules

A LONDON school was forced to move its playground to the building’s roof as a result of the Tory ban on new community school sites.

The school in Waltham Forest was forced to relocate its playground to the roof in order to build new classrooms on its only open space. 

The Local Government Association’s (LGA) decision is among desperate measures revealed yesterday taken by schools to find space for local kids. 

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