Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the average fees charged by independent schools for the term starting in (a) January 2024, (b) September 2024 and (c) January 2025.

The school level annual school census collects information each January from all registered independent schools in England. This collection includes information from each school on the lowest and highest fees charged for day and boarding pupils, before the application of any bursaries or other forms of fee reduction.

Using the average of the reported lowest and highest fees charged for each school from the latest information available, from the January 2024 collection, shows that across independent schools that charge fees:

• The mean annual day fee charged was £27,642

• The median annual day fee was £15,371

• The mean annual boarding fee was £52,399

• The median annual boarding fee was £32,310.

Data from the 2025 January collection will be available late June 2025.