Outcomes First Group has installed solar panels at two of its school over the summer, with plans to install them at two others.

Jacob Leland, who taught at Eton College between 2010 and 2012, has appeared in court charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse.

Research by The Sutton Trust, ‘Elitist Britain 2025’, has found that Britain’s “elites” are five times more likely to have attended a fee-paying school than the general population.

Brighton College is launching three new schools in Europe: Brighton College Madrid, Brighton College Rome and Brighton College Lisbon from September 2027.

The education secretary Bridget Phillipson is launching a consultation this week to end the subsidy that independent schools are awarded for Ofsted inspection.

The National Gallery has been accused of discrimination after imposing a £240 fee for independent schools entering pupils into its art competition.

Shrewsbury School has asked its local authority for permission to build three padel courts.

Yarm School in North Yorkshire has been granted planning permission by Stockton Council to turn The Hermitage, a detached early 20th century home, into a childcare facility.

Inspired Education has opened Wetherby Pembridge, an independent, co-educational senior school in Kensington Olympia, West London.

Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh has announced an agreement with adolescent mental health specialists, The Anchor Practice to strengthen wellbeing across the school community.

Blenheim Schools has acquired 12 UK schools from Cognita.

Radley Schools Group has been created comprising three independent schools in Oxfordshire and five others.

International schools group OneSchool Global is closing its campus in Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire and putting it on the market for £2 million,

Lord Wandsworth College near Hook and St Neot’s Preparatory School in Eversley have merged, following more than four years of formal collaboration.

Private entity firm Curwen Group has acquired the Old Palace of John Whitgift senior school site in Croydon, South London, from the John Whitgift Foundation.

More than 80% of A-level entries from pupils attending the top 10 independent schools achieved A and A* this year – three times the national average.

Kingscourt School in Waterlooville, Hampshire announced it will will permanently close following a consultation period in June.

Nearly half of all GCSEs taken by private school pupils in England (48.1%) resulted in a grade of 7, 8 or 9 this year, more than double the figure for state schools.

Keil School in Dumbarton, which closed 25 years ago, has been heavily criticised by Lady Smith who has published the findings of the Scottish Child Abuse inquiry.

Repton School in Derbyshire has announced that St Hugh’s School, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire will join The Repton Family of Schools.

The King Alfred School in Lower Gornal in Dudley, West Midlands, is closing due to spiralling costs including the introduction of VAT on school fees.

A private equity deal for €6 billion London-based private school operator Cognita is about to collapse, with a stake sale to the final remaining bidders Blackstone and CVC now unlikely to proceed.

Some London hospitals are discriminating against independent school pupils by only allowing state school pupils to undertake medical work experience placements.

Chase Grammar School, an independent, co-educational school for pupils aged nine to 19 in Cannock, Staffordshire, will potentially close on at the end of the year.

A study by Weatherbys Private Bank has predicted that the cost of a private education could double for the next generation.

A parent group has lodged a formal complaint with the Charity Commission over alleged failings by the Uppingham School Group, which ran Maidwell Hall, a prep school in Northamptonshire

d’Overbroeck’s Oxford has been refused permission by Oxford City Council to create new boarding houses.

The Parish of St Clement has evicted St Christopher's Preparatory School in St Helier, Jersey after it failed to pay rent.

Shrewsbury International School India in Bhopal has been officially opened.

Queen Margaret’s School for Girls, based in Escrick, North Yorkshire, has been put up for sale after closing last month, with a guide price of £5 million.

Catholic co-educational independent day school Our Lady’s Abingdon has announced it has closed citing a range of economic pressures,

A news co-educational housing block for Reddam House Berkshire is to be built to accommodate up to 100 pupils.

A fundraising effort to pull Mount St Mary's College and Barlborough Hall School in in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, out of administration launched on GoFundMe failed to raise the £1,000,000 it was asking for.

Parents who paid school fees in advance, and therefore avoided paying VAT, may still be liable for the tax, experts have said.

Independent schools received £515million in advance fees last year, a significant increase from £121million received in 2023.

The National Education Union has claimed that staff found out their school was closing “via Facebook”.

Royal Russell School in Croydon. South London is building a new junior school building which will accommodate around 400 pupils and includes dedicated early years classrooms for younger pupils.

Jesuit-run Mount St Mary’s College and Barlborough Hall School in Spinkhill, Derbyshire announced they were both closing with immediate effect yesterday.

Two men have settled claims against the Whitgift Foundation for childhood sexual abuse they suffered from teacher Paul Dodd at Whitgift School in Croydon, South London.

Pupils from St Swithun’s Prep and Senior Schools in Winchester took centre stage in the national spotlight when they helped launch the UK’s Big Butterfly Count 2025,

A new independent special school, Inspire Academy in Acomb, York, will open soon, to cater for up to 40 pupils aged 11 to 16.

Clifton Hall School has lodged plans the City of Edinburgh Council for a proposed theatre within the grounds of its estate.

Brookes UK School, an independent school for children aged two to 16 in Risby, Suffolk, has announced it is closing permanently.

Five children who have lost parents in the war between Russia and Ukraine, have been given a scholarship to an English Study Camp at Lord Wandsworth College.

Ofqual, which had previously stated that four in 10 privately educated pupils received extra exam time in 2024, has now admitted the statistics were “significantly overstated” and that the true figure is almost half of that.

Bosworth Independent School has announced a partnership with Northampton Town Football Club to create new opportunities for the benefit of pupils at the school.

Educ8 Liverpool, an independent special school in Seaforth, Merseyside, has been rated Inadequate by Ofsted.

International schools group OneSchool Global has lodged an application with South Norfolk Council for a new campus in Bawburgh, Norfolk.

A new independent girls’ school, Cambridge Muslim Secondary School, is opening in Cambridge in September.

State schools in Kent received almost 100 enquiries in the 48 hours after Bishop Challoner School in Bromley, Kent closed, citing the imposition VAT on school fees,

Wellington College International has announced it will open a school in Lagos, Nigeria in 2027 to deliver the English curriculum to up to 1,500 pupils.

Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School in Crosby, Merseyside is selling a 3.32-acre site of its girls’ school building.

Independent schools are leading state schools in embracing artificial intelligence, according to a survey by the social mobility charity Sutton Trust.

Online independent school Minerva Virtual Academy (MVA) has recruited a Global Education Advisory Board (GEAB), comprising industry leaders to guide the school’s global expansion plans.

A former pupil is suing Buckswood School after claiming she suffered a drug-induced psychotic episode and post-traumatic stress disorder after being supplied with drugs by older pupils.

St Swithun’s School in Winchester, Hampshire, is embarking on a significant development of its indoor sports facilities.

Redundancies are expected for more employees at St Edward's School in  Oxford with one already confirmed. 

Following donations from the parents and friends association, Highfield Prep School has opened enhanced play facilities.

Six pupils from Claires Court School in Maidenhead, Berkshire have been praised for saving a man's life while on a school canoeing trip.

Charterhouse is opening an international school in Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan.

A group of 13 to17 year-old pupils from Embley in Romsey, Hampshire are performing at the Edinburgh Fringe next month in a play they have written and composed themselves.

International Future Education has entered administration leading to the closure of two of its independent schools.

Parents are attempting to raise £400,000 to save Bishop Challoner School in Bromley, Southeast London which is due to close at the end of the academic year.

Members of a teachers' union NASUWT at Fulneck School, in Pudsey, Leeds, have declared an industrial dispute, claiming they have been told they won’t be paid for the second half of the final term,

Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh has been heavily criticised for allowing "dreadful abuse'' of children almost continuously for six decades.

The Independent Schools Council’s deputy chief executive and head of policy Simon Nathan has said that the government underestimated the negative effect of its decision to impose VAT on school fees.

The Trustees of Methodist Independent Schools Trust have announced that Moorlands School, a prep school in Weetwood, Leeds, will close at the end of the autumn term, on 31 December.

MPs and campaigners are calling for the Charity Commission to investigate the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, which both charge private schools more for tickets than state schools.

35 Education, a British-based philanthropic education enterprise, has taken over The Glenalmond Group, encompassing Glenalmond College and Craigclowan School & Nursery.

St Hugh's School, a preparatory school near Faringdon in Oxfordshire, is to teach older pupils to combat “fee inflation” caused by VAT.

Fettes College says it may have to make staff redundant due to financial pressures.

St Hilda’s Preparatory School for Girls in Bushey, Hertfordshire is closing next month, citing financial pressures caused by the government's decision to put VAT on private school fees.

St Edward’s School in Oxford has installed landline phones in every boarding house, with the lack of smartphones leading to a significant change in pupils’ activities.

King's College School Wimbledon International has announced a collaboration with UAE-based education provider Aldar Education to establish an international school in Abu Dhabi.

Dame Allan's Schools’ secondary school is to begin becoming fully co-educational from September next year.

A sixth form pupil has written about widespread racism among pupils and teachers at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London.

Clifton College Education Group’s chief executive Melvyn Roffe has been awarded an MBE for services to education and to the community in Edinburgh.

Shiras Devorah, a Charedi private school in Golders Green, North London, was forced to close for three days last week because it couldn’t afford to pay staff wages on those days.

Independent prep school The Downs Malvern in Worcestershire is leaving its "idyllic" site in in a bid to "protect its future",

Financial pressure forces Yorkshire girl’s school to close Queen Margaret’s School is to close at the end of the summer term on 5 July and has also filed a Notice to Appoint an Administrator.

A new organisation, the Association for Families of Independent Schools, has been launched which states it aims to brings families and schools together.

A group of families with children at private schools who challenged the government in court over the VAT policy on private school fees lost the case today.

Harrogate Ladies’ College in North Yorkshire has announced it will extend its co-ed provision into senior school from September next year and changing its name to Duchy College.

The RGS Group has announced that Box Hill School in Mickleham, Surrey is joining its schools group and has relaunched as RGS Surrey Hills.

An eight-year-old boy was denied NHS treatment because he goes to a private school.

Two independent preparatory schools have announced they will close as a result of financial pressures, including the government's VAT on fees policy.

Independent school pupil numbers have dropped by 1.9% this year, falling from 593,486 in January last year to 582,477 this January.

HMRC has issued updated guidance that explains how private schools can reclaim VAT incurred on services received before they registered for VAT.

Bryony School in Rainham, Kent has informed parents that it is “facing the possibility of closure” within the next few months.

Independent Abbotsholme School in Rocester, Staffordshire, is creating a programme for promising footballers in partnership with the Institute of Football Academy

Ill children who attend independent schools and who are patients at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh are being refused a free education while in hospital.

The independent school sector is providing a disproportionate number of women cricketers.

A teacher at St Edward's School in Oxford has been suspended after allegedly sharing a racist image on WhatsApp.

Dukes Education has secured approval of a planning application to redevelop Kneller Hall into a 30-acre school campus in Twickenham, Southwest London.

Kingham Hill School, a co-educational senior day and boarding school in Kingham, Oxfordshire, will join the Dean Close Foundation in July.

Prince’s Mead School in Winchester and King Edward VI School in Southampton are to merge.

The number of pupils in private schools has dropped by 13,000 in the past 12 months, according to the Independent Schools Council’s annual census.

Global property consultancy, Knight Frank, has been instructed by Inspiring Futures Education to bring to market the former Padworth College, a Georgian mansion with extensive educational facilities, located near Reading, Berkshire.

A ‘collective consultation period’ has been started with the staff at Wakefield Independent School in Wragby, with a proposed closure at the end of this academic year.

The Health and Safety Executive is leading an investigation after three pupils at a private boarding school in Somerset were electrocuted.