Category: Type of Establishment. Academies are publicly funded independent schools. Academies don’t have to follow the national curriculum and can set their own term times. They still have to follow t [..]

City technology colleges are independent schools in urban areas that are free to go to. They’re owned and funded by companies as well as central government (not the local council). They have a particu [..]

Category: Type of Establishment. Colleges are designated by the Secretary of State as eligible for receiving public funding through the Learning and Skills Council and are thereby deemed suitable to d [..]

Category: Type of Establishment. The Local Authority (LA) employs the school's staff, owns the school's land and buildings and is the admissions authority (it has primary responsibility for [..]

Category: Type of Establishment. A Community special school is the special school equivalent of mainstream Community schools yet are catered wholly or mainly for children with statutory statements of [..]

Category: Type of Establishment. In Foundation schools the governing body is the employer and the admissions authority. The school's land and buildings are either owned by the governing body or b [..]

Category: Type of Establishment. A Foundation Special schools is a special school equivalent of the mainstream Foundation school catering wholly or mainly for children with statutory statements of spe [..]

Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals who have full time attendance and are aged 15 or under, or who have part time attendance and are aged between 5 and 15. Free Sc [..]

Category: Type of Establishment. An FE College is an educational institution, eligible for the receipt of public funding through the Learning Skills Council, which deals with the delivery of a full ra [..]

Independent schools (also known as ‘private schools’) charge fees to attend instead of being funded by the government. Pupils don’t have to follow the national curriculum. All independent schools must [..]