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English: These Regulations specify the classes or descriptions of expenditure in respect of which the appropriate authority may make loans to the governing bodies of grant–maintained schools under section 92 of the Education Act 1993 and the purposes for which, the terms upon which, and the manner in which such loans may be made.
Michaela Community School is a free school with sixth form in London. A free school in England is a type of academy established since 2010 under the Cameron–Clegg government's free school policy initiative. [1] From May 2015, usage of the term was formally extended to include new academies set up via a local authority competition. [2]
About one third of English state-funded schools are faith schools; [3] i.e. affiliated with religious groups, most often from the Church of England (approximately 2/3 of faith schools), or the Roman Catholic Church (around 3/10). There are also schools affiliated to other religions; in 2011, there were 42 Jewish, 12 Muslim, 3 Sikh and 1 Hindu ...
There were 179 direct grant grammar schools, which, together with almost 1,300 grammar schools maintained by local authorities, formed the most academic tier of the Tripartite System. They varied greatly in size and composition, but, on average, achieved higher academic results than either maintained grammar schools or private schools.
The School Census is a statutory data collection for all maintained (state-funded) schools in England.This includes nursery, primary, secondary, middle-deemed primary, middle-deemed secondary, local authority maintained special and non-maintained special schools, academies including free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges and city technology colleges.
Free schools in this category have one or more representatives of their Local Authority on the board of trustees. It is possible for a Local Authority to sponsor a free school in partnership with other organisations, provided they have no more than a 19.9% representation on the board of trustees.
There are about 30 state boarding schools in England, providing state-funded education but charging for boarding. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In addition, the Five Islands Academy in St Mary's, Isles of Scilly , provides free boarding during the week to secondary students from other islands.