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Private Education

Asked by Damian HindsConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 3 July 2025UIN 61751

The question

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.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

Pupil 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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