Academy (English school) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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Academy schools are state funded schools in England which are directly funded by central government (specifically, the Department for Education) and independent of direct control by the Local Authority. They are roughly equivalent to the charter schools in the USA.[1]
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majority of academies are secondary schools, but some primary schools also have academy status.
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Academies are self-governing and all are constituted as non-profit charitable trusts
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