§ Baroness Northoverasked Her Majesty's Government:
What plans they have for regulating private foreign language schools. [HL4707]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)The Education Act 2002 provides a regulatory framework for the registration and monitoring of independent schools which provide full-time education for pupils of compulsory school age. Any private foreign language school which meets the definition of an independent school would be subject to the same system of regulation.
There are no plans to extend the legislative arrangements to private foreign language schools catering for pupils above compulsory school age.