Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 70118

Private Education: Inspections

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Andrew Pakes

Labour (Co-op)Peterborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided to Ofsted for the inspection of independent schools in each of the last five years.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
Ofsted inspects around 50% of the 2,496 (July 2025) registered private schools in England. There is currently disparity between the fees charged for inspections and full cost recovery.The table below sets out the budgeted cost of inspections compared to t...

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