David Reed: DfE: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

Private Education: Single Sex Education

Thursday 29th January 2026

Asked by: David Reed (Conservative - Exmouth and Exeter East)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent single-sex schools have (a) closed and (b) changed their admissions policy to become dual-sex since 1 January 2025.

Answered by Olivia Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

Five girls’ single sex schools and two boys’ single sex schools have closed since 1 January 2025.

The department does not collect data on how many schools have changed their admissions policy to become dual-sex.