Publishing information: requirements for independent schools

Find out which information you're required to make available to parents/carers and what to publish on your website. Use our checklist to help you stay compliant.

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on 7 April 2025
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School types: IndependentSchool phases: AllRef: 30421
Contents
  1. Use our checklist to help you meet your requirements 
  2. It's a good idea to have a website as you need to publish information for parents/carers

Use our checklist to help you meet your requirements 

The checklist shows:

  • What information you must make available to parents/carers
  • What information you must publish on your school's website (if you have one) 
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These requirements apply to both mainstream and special independent schools.

It's a good idea to have a website as you need to publish information for parents/carers

While there's no explicit requirement for independent schools to have a website, there is information that you must publish, and a website is the best place to do that.

Use our checklist above to make sure you're publishing everything you're required to. 

Note: 'parents' here refers to parents of pupils and prospective pupils. This is set out in part 6 of the DfE's independent schools standards guidance.

How to 'make information available' on your website 

In a form accessible to parents/carers Available for inspection