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Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.
Apr 13, 2016 · Academies are free, state-funded schools which are run by charitable trusts. They cannot be run for profit. Profit-making schools were explicitly ruled out in our manifesto and will...
Apr 28, 2021 · Being an academy gives schools the power to decide on the best curriculum for their pupils, determine how they spend their budgets, and much more. Our vision is for every school to be part of a...
May 7, 2016 · What is an academy? Academies are independent, state-funded schools, which receive their funding directly from central government, rather than through a local authority.
May 2, 2023 · What are academy schools? Academies are state-funded schools. However, unlike other state-funded schools, they’re independent from local authorities, meaning that they aren’t overseen by...
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership).
An academy is an independent state-funded school. This means it’s funded directly by the government (the Education Funding Agency, EFA) rather than by a local authority as maintained schools are.
