Schools: Inspections

(asked on 20th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an impact assessment of proposals to increase charges payable by independent schools forĀ Ofsted inspections; and if so, whether they will publish that assessment.


Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern Portrait
Baroness Smith of Malvern
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 4th November 2025

The department launched an 8 week consultation on 25 September 2025 on the subject of reducing the subsidy for Ofsted inspection fees. The consultation document is publicly available and sets out how Ofsted-inspected private schools will be affected by the proposed fee increases.

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