Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 82764

Schools: Inspections

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 30 October 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of removing the subsidy for Ofsted inspections on (a) small and (b) specialist independent schools.

Answer

Olivia Bailey
The department launched an eight-week consultation on 25 September 2025 on the subject of reducing the subsidy for Ofsted inspection fees. The consultation document is publicly available and sets out how Ofsted-inspected private schools will be affected b...

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