Question follow-through · 39919

Educational Institutions: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to establish a new framework for independent institutions.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Apr 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to establish a new framework for independent institutions.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The department expects independent educational institutions to be regulated under the same framework which exists for independent schools under Part 4 of Chapter 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008. The department keeps policy regarding independent edu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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