Special Educational Needs
Commons · Question 100742 · Tabled 16 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many overseas investors have been involved in the additional needs sector in each year since 2020.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 22 Dec 2025
Based on publicly available information, we understand that, of the fifteen private equity funds who own independent special schools (ISS), five are based outside the UK (Jersey, Guernsey, USA, Qatar and Abu Dhabi), together owning 170 units (19%) with ni...