That’s outrageous and I agree about trapping parents. Honestly I feel process has been so abused. Is this a JR? What kind of case is it? I don’t understand. Can the judges force the government to remake the decision fairly? Ie with impact assessments etc. honestly the more i learn about this, the government’s position looks weaker and weaker.
There is clear sex and religious discrimination, as well as disability discrimination in the case of SEND needs shown to be unmet in state schools.
As in, parents can’t access these types of education unless they pay for them in many parts of the country and if the government makes that harder to access that type of school, then arguably sex discrimination or religious discrimination or disability discrimination apply (and some cases will be all of these). I hope someone is also arguing that the government is discriminating against the kids in state schools particularly with SEND now expected to absorb extra kids from private schools with no increase in budgets. Plus I hope a strong moral case is being made that governments shouldn’t tax education at all.
If Greece did this and it was a mess and they changed their mind and abandoned it, why is the UK rushing into it now having had that recent European example? I resent the sinking of more taxpayer money into a legal fight for a policy that costs the taxpayer anyway and has nothing to commend it. It’s explicitly anti growth as the government says it wants, to try to shut down a whole area of British industry. Whether you agree with private education or not that’s wildly hypocritical.