In England and Wales, a foundation school is a type of school which has a degree of independence from the local education authority. History The Roman occupation of Britain was the first period in which the area of present-day England and Wales was administered as a single unit (with the exception Foundation schools were set up under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 to replace grant-maintained schools. Grant-maintained schools were State schools in England and Wales in the United Kingdom that under provision of the Education Reform Act Unlike grant-maintained schools they do not receive direct funding from the central government. However, they resemble grant-maintained schools in that their school governors control admissions to the school, employ the school's staff and own the school's estate. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, school governors are members of a school's Governing Body
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For the article on The Community School in Sun Valley Idaho, see Community School (Idaho. A voluntary aided school is a school in England where the governing body, as opposed to the Local Education Authority, employs the staff and decides the Education in England is the responsibility of the Department for Children Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills of the Education in Wales differs in certain respects from the systems used elsewhere in the United Kingdom.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic