Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 82071

Grammar Schools: Disadvantaged

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children from lower-income backgrounds are not disadvantaged in access to grammar school places.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Schools are not permitted to charge parents for their children’s admission or education. This includes charges for children to sit a school’s entrance test. However, they can charge for optional extras such as familiarisation tests.The department and the ...

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