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pupil

[pyoo-puhl] / ˈpyu pəl /


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Between 2023 and 2029 primary pupil numbers are expected to fall by 6.8%, with secondary numbers stable, according to the Department for Education.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

"It's really expensive to get outfits for prom," said Myla, a pupil who helped set up the initiative.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

"Do you want to make savings from falling pupil numbers, or do you want to maintain spending the way it is, and have lower class sizes?"

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Blythes' son was a pupil at Barnack Primary School, between Stamford and Peterborough.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

As Miss Charlotte Mortimer once told her favorite pupil, “No one’s fate is written in India ink.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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