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GCSE Sociology · key term
A fee-paying school outside the state-funded school sector, also called a private school. British public schools are independent schools.
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Revise: Education key termsIndependent schools charge fees and operate outside the state-funded sector. They are also called private schools. In Britain, public schools are independent schools, traditionally including long-established institutions such as Eton and Harrow: the word 'public' does not mean publicly funded.
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A fee-paying school independent of government funding, also commonly called a private school.
Distinguish school funding from pupil selection: a selective school can be state-funded, while an independent school charges fees.
In British education, a public school is a type of independent school, not a state school.
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Independent schools, also called private schools, charge fees. Schools such as Eton and Harrow are traditionally called ‘public schools’, but they are independent schools, not free state schools.
