Julie Robinson, chief executive of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), responds to reports that Labour's tax plans for independent schools could restrict partnership working.
Julie Robinson, chief executive of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), was interviewed by Ben Kentish on LBC today on the increasing cost of independent school boarding fees.
An ISC spokesperson has warned that Labour's tax plans would create a two-tier system within the charity sector.
ISC has today responded to a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies that looked into tax, independent school fees and state school spending.
48 per cent of respondents to a poll commissioned by the Independent School Council (ISC) said independent schools should keep their tax relief, including VAT exemption on school fees.
Addressing The Times and Sunday Times Education Summit, shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson told delegates that Labour will make state schools more attractive to middle-class parents priced out of independent education.
According to the think tank's report, the calculations behind Labour's £1.6 billion figure do not take into account a drop-off in demand for independent schools or the extra taxpayer money needed to teach pupils who would be moved to state schools.
Julie Robinson, chief executive of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), was interviewed by Cathy Newman on Times Radio following the publication of the 2023 ISC Census.