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.

Inspired Learning Group, a provider of independent education in the UK, has announced the acquisition of Clayesmore School, an HMC institution located in Dorset.

A decision on whether to approve a private school’s proposals to increase capacity by nearly 100 pupils has been deferred after planners raised concerns over the move.

Yet another private school has announced it will be closing its doors as a result of the ‘financial burdens’ facing the sector.

Historic Loretto School – the oldest school in Scotland – has revealed plans to cut staff numbers following the highly-controversial decision by the Labour government to introduce VAT on private school fees.

A specialist firm has been hired to search for a new headteacher for one of Scotland’s leading independent schools.

A Swiss investment group has appointed advisers to explore a sale or market listing of Cognita, which owns and operates dozens of private schools in the UK and overseas.

A state-of-the-art sports building in Bristol designed by Alec French Architects is in the running for a national environmental property award.

Two weeks after a High Court hearing over the government’s decision to impose VAT on private school fees ended the parties were called back to court to decide on an issue of parliamentary privilege.

Despite last-minute objections from the House of Lords, the government has succeeded in passing new legislation which confirms its stance on the independent schools sector and larger businesses alike.

Education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has accused private schools of ‘crying wolf’ over the impact VAT on fees would have, as she rounds on critics who accuse her of rolling back education reforms.

Lomond School, a co-educational, independent day and boarding school in the Scottish town of Helensburgh is accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment for school fees.

A Merseyside specialist independent school which was given the lowest-possible Ofsted rating amid concerns over ‘unsafe practices’ and poor staff skills has turned its fortunes around.

Parents opting to privately education their children ‘must pay their fair share’ to help raise standards in state schools, the High Court heard.

An independent boarding and day school has announced plans to open its first international offshoot in Mohali, India.

Inspired Learning Group has acquired two schools in Cambridge: Cambridge International School, which provides education for the international market, and Holme Court School, a special educational needs school.

Three people have been charged following a fraud investigation at Cardiff Sixth Form College,

Philip Britton, the incoming chair of HMC – The Heads’ Conference has said history will view the Labour Party unkindly for "its destructive approach to independent education",

Abbey Gate College in Chester has announced a number of new bursaries aimed at widening access to its sixth form.

St Albans School in Hertfordshire is to become fully co-educational from September next year.

The House of Lords has voted against the government’s plans to remove charitable rate relief eligibility from private schools in England that are registered as charities.

Beis Malka Girls' School, a Chasidic Jewish independent school in Stamford Hill, London has been downgraded from Good to Requires improvement by Ofsted because it doesn't teach pupils about LGBT awareness

Brighton College has been accused of playing the planning system by an anonymous accuser who appears to be a teacher at the school,

Two schools have joined the Mill Hill Education Group, a charitable collection of schools located in North London, Hertfordshire, Southeast England and Thailand.

In a survey conducted by the National Education Union, one in five independent schoolteachers said they have seen redundancies at their school due to the VAT on fees policy.

Predictions that a significant number of parents would move their children away from private education into the state sector have not materialised, according to English councils.

Co-educational day and boarding prep school Aysgarth School is joining Rugby School Group from 1 July.

George Watson's College in Edinburgh is launching a fundraising appeal to help parents after an “unprecedented” drop in pupil numbers following the Labour government's introduction VAT on fees,

The independent Royal School in Haslemere, Surrey is closing on 31 August.

The National Education Union has launched a formal strike ballot over pay affecting around 400 teachers working at 14 independent schools run by United Learning.

St Hilda’s Preparatory School for Girls in Bushey, Hertfordshire, may have to close permanently in the summer.

Radley College, an independent boarding school for boys aged 13 to 18 in Radley, Oxfordshire, has submitted plans to upgrade its on-site medical centre.

A temporary teacher at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen has arrested as an investigation was launched into a video which circulated on social media.

A Bill was debated yesterday in Committee in the House of Lords to remove charitable rates relief from eligible independent schools, except those with 50% or more pupils funded by an education, health and care plan.

Next Monday, 3 March, MPs will debate a petition relating to VAT on independent school fees and business rates relief for independent schools.

Cognita is rebranding two of its existing schools as Alleyn’s School to leverage the curriculum and reputation of the Dulwich-based co-educational independent day school and sixth form.

The rebranded St Michael's Abbey School in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire is to open in September.

Fairfield School, an independent primary school and nursery in Backwell, Bristol, is to close at the end of the summer term.

Hereford Cathedral School is opening an international school in Rwanda for pupils aged five to 18 living in or around Kigali.

Members of staff represented by the NASUWT union at Merchant Taylors' school in Crosby, Liverpool are preparing to walk out for five days of strike action.

The Independent Schools Council’s chief executive Julie Robinson has said that independent schools remaining in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) has become “simply unaffordable”.

Wellingborough School is building a new design, technology and science block featuring workshops, a lecture theatre, seminar rooms and a computer lab.

Bedstone College, a co-educational independent day and boarding school in Bucknell, Shropshire, is to close at the end of the summer term,

Ofqual has stated that it “will take action” if it finds that the higher proportion of independent school pupils being given extra time in exams is due to unfairness.

The Harpur Trust has helped organise a new network of nine primaries in the borough of Bedford, where senior leaders review each other’s schools.

St Gerard’s School in Bangor, Gwynedd, has begun construction of a new £150,000 sports complex.

Figures from 27 local authorities in England reveal there is a lack of spaces available in the state school sector for pupils dislodged from the private sector by VAT on school fees.

The prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire for “pretending” he was educated at a state school.

Highfield Preparatory School is closing, blaming a dwindling number of pupils, the imposition of VAT on school fees and the increase in National Insurance contributions.

The head teacher of Erskine Stewart Melville School (ESMS) in Edinburgh has warned that funding for bursaries could be cut following the imposition of VAT on tuition fees.

The Independent Schools Council’s legal challenge to the government's policy to impose VAT on independent school fees will be heard in the High Court between 1 and 3 April.

Oxford House School in Colchester could close at the end of the summer term because of dwindling pupil numbers, its parent company Cognita has warned.

The Welsh government is ending business rates relief for independent schools in Wales.

US military families stationed in the UK are exempt from VAT on school fees, while British military families who rely on private education have to pay up,

Rugby School in Warwickshire, which offers boarding to pupils aged 13 to 18, is opening a sister school, Rugby School Nigeria.

Sevenoaks School and Solefield School in Sevenoaks are coming together to form the new Sevenoaks Family of Schools.

Simon Weale has begun working as the new headmaster at Cundall Manor School,

Staff at Our Lady's Abingdon, an independent school in Oxfordshire, went on strike on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, following a disagreement over pension arrangements.

Outcomes First Group has acquired five schools from Chatsworth Schools group, and established non-selective independent schools group ‘Blenheim Schools’.

Cheshire West and Chester Council has rubber-stamped an application by Mereside Educational Trust - a subsidiary of OneSchool Global - to move its existing operation into new premises at Osbourne Court in Gadbrook Park

Godolphin, which opened in 1784, is forming a partnership with Chafyn Grove under the United Learning Group.

Loughborough Amherst and Maidwell Hall schools plan to close due to financial challenges, including the introduction of VAT on school fees.

The government has accused critics of its plan to put VAT on independent school fees of being detached from the real world.

Schools are reportedly set to increase fees by more than expected, according to new analysis.

Property experts predict that homeowners grappling with steeper tuition bills will either downsize, relocate to more affordable areas, or choose state schools, weakening demand in prime residential areas such as Islington, Hampstead and Chiswick.

In an effort to block the controversial VAT on school fees legislation from coming into law, six families supported by the Independent Schools Council (ISC) have filed a judicial review in the High Court.