Question follow-through · 82071
Grammar Schools: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children from lower-income backgrounds are not disadvantaged in access to grammar school places.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children from lower-income backgrounds are not disadvantaged in access to grammar school places.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Nov 2025
Answer published
Schools are not permitted to charge parents for their children’s admission or education. This includes charges for children to sit a school’s entrance test. However, they can charge for optional extras such as familiarisation tests.The department and the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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