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Schools: Closures

Asked by Saqib BhattiConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 18 March 2026UIN 120535

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools closed in 2024 compared with 2025.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

There were 129 private school closures between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2025. In 2024, there were 58 closures and in 2025 there were 71 closures.The government does not collect pupil-level data from private schools.

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