State Expectations: the independent schools that converted to state schools

Since the early 2000s, 27 private schools in England moved into the state sector. What happened after that?

British private schools and their satellite campuses: 2025 update

Researchers investigated profits of private schools from overseas satellite campuses, compared with their spending on bursaries

REPORT: Investigating means-tested bursaries at elite private schools

Wealthiest English private schools spend below 6% on means-tested bursaries, research finds

REPORT: The State of Public Opinion About VAT on Private Schools

PEPF research explores how public opinion has changed following Labour's policy to add VAT to private school fees.

REPORT: A comparison of job quality for teachers in private and state schools

State school teachers report worse job quality than their private school peers, PEPF research finds

REPORT: Benefiting the public? A study of private-state school partnerships

This report analysed responses from state schools about the quality and impact of partnerships with private schools, published with The Times

REPORT: Working in Schools – job quality study

Private Education Policy Forum has contributed extensive research into a study commissioned by the National Education Union (the UK's biggest teacher trade union) focused...

Fact Check: Effects of VAT on private school fees

In this mythbuster document, the thinktank examines 4 claims about the effects of applying Value Added Tax to private school fees as proposed by...

REPORT: British private schools and their overseas satellite campuses

This report reveals the growth of overseas campuses, the schools' profits and the relative expenditure on bursaries for the richest schools.

REPORT: Local taxation relief and charitable private schools

Private schools with charitable status in England and Wales receive £144 million per year in local taxation relief, new research has found. The report, published...