Almost half of private school fee discounts are not means-tested
Despite a widely publicised increase in nominal expenditure, the report found real-terms spending on means-tested support decreased from £201m in 2020-21, to £191m in 2021-22

Almost half of the fee remission offered to pupils by private schools is not means-tested, and therefore, may not go to genuinely disadvantaged children, according to new research from the Private Education Policy Forum (PEPF).