Means-tested bursaries going to families with gross incomes of up to £140,000 a year Private schools are spending millions more on giving affluent middle-class families fee discounts than on children from disadvantaged backgrounds, new figures reveal. The independent school sector frequently points out that a third of its pupils receive financial assistance. However, school census data shows that most of those pupils do not come from poor households.
Private schools 'abuse charity status' by giving discounts to richer families
The Guardian - 3 Jun 2018 17:47
Means-tested bursaries going to families with gross incomes of up to £140,000 a year Private schools are spending millions more on giving affluent middle-class families fee discounts than on children from disadvantaged backgrounds, new figures reveal. The independent school sector frequently points out that a third of its pupils receive financial assistance. However, school census data shows that most of those pupils do not come from poor households.
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