Private Education: Single Sex Education
(asked on 9th January 2026) - View Source
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)
This question was answered on 29th January 2026
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.