42 h. ago Labour ignored education department plea to delay VAT on private school fees until new year so Government could net almost £1bn extra from families

Lawyers for the Government have told the High Court bringing forward the date by eight months would raise 'an additional revenue of over £900 million'.

Economics

43 h. ago UK chose most ‘disruptive’ date for private schools’ VAT charge, files show

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves dismissed idea of launching tax later in bid to ‘maximise revenue’, Treasury documents reveal

Culture

61 h. ago Shooter meticulously planned Nashville Covenant school attack for years. Here's how that happened

A new police report shines more light on the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Nashville Christian elementary school in 2023

Events

3 d. ago Labour's VAT raid on private schools condemned by families as 'ill

The Government has 'misunderstood' how badly the new 20 per cent tax on fees will affect children with special needs, lawyers said.

Politics

3 d. ago Parents of SEND children fight private school VAT hike in court: ‘We’re working seven days a week to pay fees’

Education Not Taxation found that more than 98 per cent of parents with SEND children didn’t believe the state sector locally. to them would meet their children’s needs properly

Economics

3 d. ago VAT on private school fees is ‘wrong tax’, says father in legal challenge

Several private schools, children who attend them and their parents are bringing legal action against the Treasury over the imposition of VAT on fees.

Economics

3 d. ago Children challenge government in High Court over 'unprecedented' VAT hike on private schools

The Government is fighting a judicial review over its controversial policy to make private schools pay VAT on fees

Politics

4 d. ago Legal challenges to VAT on private schools fees to be heard at High Court

Nearly 20 families and several faith schools are bringing legal action against the Treasury, claiming the new VAT on fees is discriminatory and a breach of human rights law

Events

4 d. ago Legal case against tax on private school fees reaches court today

Nearly 20 families and several schools are bringing legal action against the Treasury

Economics

4 d. ago Government stands firm in efforts to scrap tax relief for private schools

The Government has stood firm in its bid to scrap tax relief for private schools and push ahead with business rates reform.

Economics

5 d. ago Texas private school slammed for 'covering up' piano teacher's abuse as 16 girls, as young as 6, come forward

Trent Muse, a former teacher at Trinity Valley High School in Fort Worth, is accused of sexually abusing 16 students ranging in age from six to 11 years old.

Events

6 d. ago Record numbers of pupils apply to top state sixth forms for A

A record number of children are applying to join top state sixth forms after Labour introduced VAT on private schools, headteachers say.

Politics

7 d. ago Team of barristers lined up by Rachel Reeves to fight High Court case against her school fees tax... are all privately educated themselves

The Chancellor who has previously called private school parents 'snobs' is spending taxpayers' money fighting the legal challenge to her 20% VAT on school fees tax.

Economics

7 d. ago Legal challenge imminent over Labour's VAT raid on private schools in Scotland

Claimants want High Court to say legislation is incompatible with human rights law

Politics

8 d. ago Only 1.5 per cent of state school places may be unfilled in some areas: Parents priced out of private school left with few options after Labour's VAT raid

New statistics for 2023-24, the latest available, show many local authorities had less than 5 per cent of spare places across their schools.

Economics

8 d. ago 7 London private schools have been named in the top 100 in the world for 2025

7 London private schools have been named in the top 100 in the world for 2025  Time Out London

Politics

1 week ago Since Bridget Phillipson slapped private schools with VAT eight have closed and as many as 200 more are at risk

If private education is singled out for any further punishment then what is already a crisis will become a disaster. So why has Bridget Phillipson yet to visit a single school in the sector?

Events

1 week ago Since Bridget Phillipson slapped private schools with VAT eight have closed and as many as 200 more are at risk BUT the minister for class war hasn't visited a single one

If private education is singled out for any further punishment then what is already a crisis will become a disaster. So why has Bridget Phillipson yet to visit a single school in the sector?

Politics

1 week ago Grandfather held over the death of little Emile was quizzed over alleged violence and sexual assault at Catholic school where he worked in the 1990s

The grandfather of a little French boy found dead in the Alps was previously questions over alleged sexual assault and violence at a private Catholic school he worked at.

Events

1 week ago Head teacher at school where two teenagers were stabbed after knife gang stormed private birthday takes action as she speaks out on terrifying attack

Victoria Morris, the head of Elm Park Primary School in Havering, east London, told of her 'shock' after a group of more than 50 youths armed with knives and machetes gatecrashed the 'private' event.

Events