ISC CEO: VAT on fees policy likely to have 'outsized impact' on families of faith and children with SEND
Posted on: 14 Jun 2025
Posted by: ISC Press Office
Julie Robinson, chief executive of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), has said schools were "right" to have escalated their challenge to the High Court.
Ms Robinson said: "This is an unprecedented tax on education and it is right that its compatibility with human rights law was tested.
"Thousands of families have already been negatively affected by the policy, with more than 11,000 children leaving independent education since last year – far more than had been anticipated by the government.
"As the court noted, there was interference with human rights and this policy is likely to have an outsized impact on families of faith and children with SEND but without an EHCP."