VAT on fees: 'It is hard to see how this policy is benefitting anyone', warns ISC CEO
Posted on: 22 Oct 2025
Posted by: ISC Press Office
Following the imposition of VAT on fees from 1 January this year, ministers have reportedly claimed they believe they are "on track to raise the revenue forecast if not slightly exceed it".
Speaking to The Telegraph, ISC chief executive Julie Robinson said: "Independent schools continue to work to improve education for 100 per cent of children while keeping fees as low as possible for parents, despite the choice to tax education.
"Nevertheless, the fall in pupil numbers has been eight times what the government had predicted by this point and state school budgets continue to be cut. It is hard to see how this policy is benefitting anyone, least of all the children who have had their education disrupted."