Pupils as young as 13 have joined university students in another national day of action against tuition fee increases.
School and higher education students have gone on strike across the country, with demonstrations in cities including Sheffield, Leeds, Brighton, Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
At the main protest in London, several thousand young people gathered for a rally in Trafalgar Square before marching towards the Palace of Westminster.
The march left its planned route after police tried to kettle protesters on Whitehall and at Parliament Square. Traffic was brought to a standstill demonstrators marched down Piccadilly towards Regent Street.
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