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Private schools in the United Kingdom (also called "independent" schools) are schools that require fees for admission and enrollment. Some have financial endowments, most are governed by a board of governors, and are owned by a mixture of corporations, trusts and private individuals.
There are around 2,600 independent schools in the UK, which educate around 615,000 children, some 7 per cent of all British school-age children and 18 per cent of pupils over the age of 16. In addition to charging tuition fees, they may also benefit from gifts, charitable endowments and charitable status.
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public school, or independent school , In the United Kingdom, any of a small group of tuition-charging secondary schools that specialize in preparing students for university and for public service.
Private schools (also known as 'independent schools'), are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation.
The school is the largest boarding school in England ahead of Millfield and Oundle. [10] Eton charges up to £46,296 per year (£15,432 per term, with three terms per academic year, for 2022/23). [11] Eton was noted as being the sixth most expensive HMC boarding school in the UK in 2013–14.
In the United Kingdom, public schools are independent fee-paying schools like Eton College. By "independent" is meant fee-paying, and therefore not run by the public authorities. They are called 'public' because they accept students from anywhere – not just people living nearby in the school area.
What is an independent school? Independent schools, private schools and public schools are essentially the same thing. They are all fee-paying schools that operate entirely independently of Local Authority or government control.