Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 58295

Boarding Schools: Guardianship

Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the provision of (a) clear and (b) consistent statutory guidance on educational guardianship.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
All independent and state boarding schools must have regard to the ‘Keeping children safe in education’ guidance and must meet the national minimum standards for boarding schools. Section 22 of those standards sets out the requirements of schools in relat...

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