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There are around 2,400 private schools in England. [1] Many are represented by the Independent Schools Council (ISC), while around 300 independent senior schools are represented by the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), although both bodies also represent schools outside England and the United Kingdom.
The Independent Schools Council (ISC), through seven affiliated organisations, represents 1,300 schools that together educate over 80 per cent of the pupils in the UK private sector. Those schools in England which are members of the affiliated organisations of the ISC are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate under a framework ...
There are about 2,500 private schools in the UK, educating about 7% of all pupils, including about 570,000 in England. Private schools have more freedom than government-funded state schools, and ...
The schools in England are organised into local education authorities.There are 150 local education authorities in England organised into nine larger regions. [1] According to the Schools Census, there were 3,408 [2] maintained government secondary schools in England in 2017.
This is an incomplete list of private (independent) schools in the United Kingdom. Also refer to the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference for a list of their member schools ( boarding and day schools ) in the United Kingdom , Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland .
Approximately 7% of school children in England attend privately run, fee-charging private schools. [36] Some independent schools for 13–18-year-olds are known for historical reasons as 'public schools' and for 8–13-year-olds as 'prep schools'.
The following is a list of notable boarding schools in the United Kingdom. Many of the private schools in the United Kingdom are boarding schools, although nearly all also have day pupils. There are also about 30 state boarding schools in England .
There were over 24,323 schools in England in 2018. There were 391 nurseries, 16,769 primary schools, 3,448 secondary schools, 2,319 independent (private) schools, 1,044 special schools and 352 pupil referral units (PRUs). [2] In Wales there were 1,569 schools.