Independent school

An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school relying upon private sources for all of its funding, predominantly in the form of school fees. In England and Wales the term public school - it is not, however, normal to refer to schools that are considered to be public schools as "private schools", although they may be called "independent schools" (and frequently now use that term to define themselves). Some independent schools, particularly the more traditional institutions, also have charitable status. Research shows that UK independent schools receive approximately £100m tax relief due to charitable status whilst returning £300m of fee assistance in public benefit and relieving the maintained sector of £2bn of costs. There are more than 2,500 independent schools in the UK, educating some 615,000 children, the Daily Telegraph claiming seven per cent of children are educated in private schools throughout the country. Most of the larger independent schools are either full or... full article at wikipedia