brexit's impact on uk language schools

The pandemic has been bad news for the teaching English industry in the UK:

Jay Doubleyou: "this has been a dire, dire situation for the industry since the pandemic started"

Brexit is making things worse: 

Brexit news: Up to 40,000 jobs at risk as foreign pupils shun UK language schools | Evening Standard

Brexit bashes UK language schools | E L Gazette

With more from the Guardian:

Language schools for foreign students are being “devastated” by a combination of post-Brexit red tape and the impact of the pandemic, threatening the future of a £3.2bn industry, tourism leaders have warned.
A report by the Tourism Alliance said even though the government had ended Covid travel measures, ministers had imposed unnecessary restrictions on children from France, Germany and other EU nations. That has prompted a collapse in school group bookings and an estimated 80% drop in revenue across the industry this year, threatening 40,000 jobs, the Tourism Alliance said.
Until 2021, more than 1.5 million children came to the UK each year to study English or on organised school trips, accounting for about 11% of total annual tourism earnings. Before Brexit, groups of children could travel using identity cards under the List of Travellers scheme.
Now, every child must have a passport, and children with non-EU passports – including refugees – also need a £95 visa. Schools are opting to go to Ireland or Malta for English language trips, or not travelling at all.

40,000 jobs at risk as foreign pupils shun UK language schools | Languages | The Guardian

This was already happening three years ago:

Brexit 'hitting foreign languages in schools' - BBC News

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