Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 61751
Private Education
Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 3 July 2025
Question
Damian Hinds
Conservative — East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the fall in the number of children at independent schools was in line with her Department’s projections.
Answer
Stephen MorganPupil numbers remain firmly within expectations and higher than 2021/22. As a percentage of the overall school population, private school pupils have remained the same, at 6.5%. It has been between 6% and 7% for the last two decades.
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