Set up an independent school

Guidance on opening an independent school.

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Services

• Register an independent school: application form

  Application form, proprietor details form and submission checklist to register an independent school in England.

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Guidance and regulation

• Regulating independent schools
  • Guidance
  • 21 August 2019
  • Department for Education
• Independent school registration
  • Guidance
  • 24 August 2022
  • Department for Education

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Organisations

• Department for Education