Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of independent schools that are teaching a faith-based curriculum.

There is no estimate available for the number of independent schools that teach a faith-based curriculum.

Although independent schools may declare a religious ethos, and some also have a designation as being a school of religious character, this does not necessarily mean that the curriculum used by the school is significantly affected by the faith in question. There are also some independent schools that offer a faith-based curriculum without having a declared faith ethos or a designation.