ISC CEO: 'The negative effects of this unprecedented tax will be felt by families across state and independent schools'
Julie Robinson, chief executive of the ISC, has responded to the education secretary's claim that tax exemptions for independent schools are a "luxury we cannot afford".
Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, education secretary Bridget Phillipson stated that money raised by the government's tax policy would go towards in investing in state schools and teacher recruitment. She claimed that £1.8 billion would be raised per year by 2029-30. The ISC has said that the revenue the government says it will raise is an "estimate, not a fact".
Commenting on the education secretary's remarks, ISC CEO Julie Robinson said: "The negative effects of this unprecedented tax on education will be felt by families and children across state and independent schools."
She added that the ISC is not alone in predicting that the policy "could cost the Treasury money and would damage state education" due to the added cost of educating children displaced from independent schools.