Schools: Inspections
Commons · Question 38478 · Tabled 14 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that independent schools are subject to the same inspection standards as state-funded schools.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 26 Mar 2025
The regulatory regime for private schools, as set out in the 2008 Education and Skills Act, is based on compliance with the independent school standards, and failure can lead to a notice to improve, restrictions being placed on school operations or, follo...