A Welsh-language school in London is concerned about its future after its pupil numbers dropped by more than two-thirds in a year.

London Welsh School had 25 students last academic year, but it has fallen to eight this year.

The chair of governors said Covid measures and families returning to Wales were the main reasons for the reduction.

It is one of two of the smallest Welsh-language schools still in existence.

The other, Ysgol Felinwnda in Gwynedd, is facing an uncertain future as councillors debate whether to keep it open.

London Welsh School, or Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain, is based in Hanwell in the west of the city and has been providing Welsh-language education in the capital for 60 years, following the Welsh curriculum.

It is an independent school and the fees are more than £4,000 a year.

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