Policy & Regulation

3 stories

UK private schools shed international pupils as VAT and visa costs bite

Eighteen months after Britain applied VAT to private school fees, the latest census shows independent-school rolls — and overseas enrolment — still falling, with knock-on effects for the international sector that recruits the same families.

15 July 2026·5 min read

Policy & Regulation

Phone-free classrooms become the rule, not the exception

More than half the world’s education systems now restrict smartphones in schools, and from September England makes it statutory — the clearest sign yet that the global mood on classroom phones has turned.

29 June 2026

Policy & Regulation

Dubai holds its inspection pause — and the ratings that set fees

Dubai's schools regulator has carried its pause on full inspections into a second year, freezing the ratings that determine what schools may charge and leaving parents to weigh cost certainty against fresh, public quality data.

18 June 2026