Beverley @BeverleyMaster

STOP PRESS: 43,126 drop in mainstream independent school pupils after VAT introduction, DfE figures reveal New data from the Department for Education show that pupil numbers in mainstream independent schools, in England, have fallen by 43,126 since the introduction of VAT on school fees - in England. The decline now exceeds the Government’s projected impact for the whole period to 2031. This is significantly worse than the figures published this week by the ISC, which, as we noted at the time, did not cover the entire independent school sector. These figures raise serious questions about the assumptions underpinning the policy and its impact on pupils, families, and schools. When actual losses have already surpassed long-term forecasts, the Government should urgently review both the policy and the evidence on which it was based. As parents and schools warned, the Government’s forecasts were based on faulty assumptions that did not hold true. It’s time to end this tax. We all want great schools, but this is not the way to achieve that. #FindABetterWay #EducationNotTax @LauraTrottMP @BBCNews @NickFerrariLBC @CamillaTominey @TiceRichard @educationgovuk @ISC_schools @spectator @LibDems Data source for England only: Dept of Education: …e-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fa… Pupil numbers from Scotland, Wales and Ireland are NOT included in this data.

Wed 26 March 2025 I make my debut within the pages of @MailOnline when interviewed by @hardmanr. "In an era of 'fake news' the role of trained and professional journalists has never been more important"- Wes Streeting youtu.be/X_LwOVj7L9g?si… @anaboultertv @bphillipsonMP @GBNEWS

@anaboultertv @bphillipsonMP @MailOnline @EducationNotTax @OllyMetcalfe From the heart as always , Ana but with more understanding of the issues and impacts in your little finger than the whole of the Labour government.

@NoVATonschools @EducationNotTax @ISC_schools @UKLabour Better outcomes for ALL children? Not if you have your way on VAT @Keir_Starmer @RachelReevesMP

"Quality education is not a luxury—it is a human right." The UN confirms it, and we couldn’t agree more. Sensible governments worldwide don’t tax education; they support and encourage it. How has the UK reached a point where PM @Keir_Starmer—a Human Rights lawyer—is taxing education? #MakeItMakeSense #EducationDay #EducationNotTax @UKLabour @Conservatives @HMC_Org @hmtreasury @ISC_schools

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Quality education is not a luxury —it is a human right. On Friday's #EducationDay, learn about how the #GlobalGoals can help ensure inclusive, quality education for a better future for all: un.org/sustainabledev…

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There’s no such thing as a free breakfast. These 'free breakfast clubs' come at a devastating cost: harm to SEND children forced to change schools, school closures, and job losses. Far too steep a price so even the wealthiest kids get a bowl of cornflakes. You must #FindABetterWay. #EducationNotTax

My daughter’s school announced yesterday it’s shutting down. No warning. Just shutting down. 100s of distraught kids.   Why? Labour’s tax hikes on school fees & NI hikes on staff. A high-quality, nurturing school forced to close because of greedy, arrogant taxation. Disgusting. All it does is pile more pressure on overcrowded state schools.  How can ANYONE justify taxing education. Labour are destroying the very foundations of our children’s future.  What an absolute disgrace. @UKLabour

We warned @UKLabour that #SchoolFeeVAT would cause chaos … and here we are. Sensible govts encourage education and create an economy where its provision can thrive. Taxing education is virtually unheard of elsewhere—and is even illegal in the EU! inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl… #FindABetterWay #EducationNotTax

BBC reports @Keir_Starmer said, on expanding the private sector to support the NHS, “I’m not interested in putting ideology before patients”. In the same week the Education Tax has begun forcing children out of schools. Only interested in putting ideology before children then?

Amhurst yesterday, Maidwell Hall today. So thats two schools by January 7th, VAT being imposed on Jan 1st. But it wont affect anyone will it @bphillipsonMP ? @Keir_Starmer - she needs to go. Now. For all of the families affected I am so sorry to hear this news and am thinking of you, your children and all the staff. X maidwellhall.co.uk/383/news/post/… @TomTugendhat @JamesMelville @thomprobert @NEUnion @isuk_uk @10DowningStreet @AP @TiceRichard @MattRodda @EducationNotTax @educationgovuk @ChildrensComm

@jrkdenison @GailVEynon @bphillipsonMP This Government is so disingenuous on so many things all to promulgate insidious ideologies. Let's start calling it out more and more.

@bphillipsonMP There is no tax break to be ended. Education is currently and should remain exempt from taxation. Just as it is in most developed and future looking countries. There is no denying that education needs investment but this policy will inevitably push more costs onto the State.

So what's all this? The so-called Independent Report on Private Schools & Taxation was written by a best mate?!! More sleeze and corruption. How can we trust this Gov. to make any decision that stands up? #EducationNotTaxation #HonestyAndIntegrity #NoToIdealogicalZealotry

@KirstieMAllsopp @bphillipsonMP Totally agree this is outrageous bias from B Phillipson. Labour are showing their true colours! I am disgusted.#EducationNotTaxation

@Keir_Starmer So Germany doesn't charge VAT on any education services just like all other EU countries. EU prohibits this. Surely closer trade links ought to include having same tax treatment for independent education services to promote mutual cooperation?

@ElmsSchool Bet they enjoyed cleaning the copper pans! Lol! 😂

@ElmsSchool I am very jealous! Looks like so much fun. Wish I did a PGL when I was at school. 😊

I previously sent an e-mail. Can I please have access to year 2 group back again? I accidentally unfollowed.

@bhps1112 Alexander was excited. To see this too and his friends. Have a lovely Easter all.

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