Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 2818

Private Education: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of independent schools which charge lower fees than the average annual cost of provision in the state sector.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
On a per pupil basis the total funding allocated to schools for 5 to 16 year old pupils, in cash terms, in the 2024/25 academic year, was £7,690. While the department does not hold data on private school fees, the Institute for Fiscal Studies calculates a...

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