Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 35907

Schools

Tabled: 5 March 2025

Answered: 20 March 2025

Question

Bradley Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29762 on Cross sector partnerships, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of cooperation between state and private schools on state school

Answer

Stephen Morgan

Around 70% of private schools affiliated with the Independent Schools Council hold charitable status. As charities, they are required to demonstrate public benefit and one way in which they do that is through partnerships with state schools. This activity...

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