questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the fall in the number of children at independent schools was in line with her Department’s projections.
answerText: Pupil numbers remain firmly within expectations and higher than 2021/22. As a percentage of the overall school population, private school pupils have remained the same, at 6.5%. It has been between 6% and 7% for the last two decades.
heading: Private Education