Private Education: Fees and Charges
Commons · Question 2818 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of independent schools which charge lower fees than the average annual cost of provision in the state sector.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 9 Sep 2024
On a per pupil basis the total funding allocated to schools for 5 to 16 year old pupils, in cash terms, in the 2024/25 academic year, was £7,690. While the department does not hold data on private school fees, the Institute for Fiscal Studies calculates a...