UK: sector blasts Labour’s pledge to abolish independent schools
UK independent school stakeholders have criticised Labour's pledge to abolish independent schools by removing their charitable status.
UK independent school stakeholders have criticised Labour's pledge to abolish independent schools by removing their charitable status.
British independent schools have recorded an increase in the number of pupils from European Economic Area countries despite ongoing Brexit uncertainty, the 2019 Independent Schools Council census has revealed.
British independent schools now teach more students overseas than foreign students in Britain, data from the Independent Schools Council shows.
Affordability and the growing presence of one year foundation courses are contributing to making the market more competitive, according to providers at the British Boarding Schools Workshop last week.
Independent British schools could soon be teaching more foreign students at overseas branches than domestically as falls in overseas student enrolments at onshore locations gives way to growth at foreign centres according to the UK's Independent Schools Council annual census.