My open letter to the Education Secretary ⁦Bridget Phillipson⁩ Many teachers and school leaders share my concerns with regard to her decisions but are scared to say. If you can find it in you, please RT. My letter is also here: spectator.co.uk/article/what-p…

Exclusive | The High Court has ruled to “fast-track” a legal challenge to the Government’s decision to impose VAT on private school fees, the Independent Schools Council has announced 🔴 Connie Dimsdale reports trib.al/0UddxEE

A legal challenge against Labour’s tax raid on private schools will be fast-tracked through the High Court over fears it breaches the human rights of children. telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/high… Great to see the court agrees with the urgency required. This isn’t over yet. #EducationNotTax

The Judicial Review of the government's imposition of VAT on school fees will be fast-tracked through the High Court. The government's lawyers lost their bid to delay. Claimants include vulnerable children being impacted so there is no time to lose. telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/high…

“the Government’s legal team opposed the request for expedited proceedings, asking for more time to review the evidence” Ironic they are asking for more time given Labour rushed in its schools tax mid-academic year, too fast for schools & parents to plan inews.co.uk/news/legal-cha…

The Government has been consistently disingenuous when calling the introduction of VAT on school fees a “tax break”. It is no such thing. Education has never been taxed, and nor should it. The decision of the High Court to expedite the legal challenge against the Government’s

Now only a matter of time until the beleaguered Bridget Phillipson resigns. Katharine Birbalsingh lays out many of Phillipson’s policy failings caused by her extreme political ideology here ⬇️. At the same time, legal challenges to her private school tax are fast tracked through the courts.

Petition to stop the tax on school fees has hit 100,000 signatures and will now be debated in Parliament on March 3rd. This harmful policy must be stopped - share it with your MP and urge them to attend the debate!

If you’re a state school parent and you thought Bridget Phillipson was on your side, think again. The best leader in state education has exposed every element of her regressive policies. No child’s eduction is safe under this Secretary of State for Education.

Increasing the cost of private schools fees by 20% with the addition of VAT has not only ensured British children would leave, but international children too. It’s almost as everything the *actual* experts told us would happen, is actually happening. Who would have thought?

I wonder what the bookies’ odds on Bridget Phillipson resigning in the next month or so are. Along with this ⬇️ she’ll presumably also carry the can for taxing independent education if that is found to be illegal in court in a few months’ time.

BREAKING - Labour exempts children of American service personnel from VAT on independent school fees telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/labo…

Outrageous. The Chancellor has reneged on her commitment to British serving personnel while standing by her commitment to the US military. It should be one rule for all. telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/labo…

Perhaps the government should have noted this before they imposed tax on independent education. And no, despite Bridget Phillipson’s claims, the tax on independent education won’t make state schools better (the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies stated this very clearly).

Take note Bridget Phillipson. For some children, state schools with their larger class sizes are not the answer. That’s why some parents choose independent schools—schools that can meet their child’s needs. Don’t tax it out of reach, support it so it’s available to more children.