Independent schools 'will have to start fundraising'

By Nathalie Thomas, Third Sector Online, 24 April 2007

An increasing number of independent schools are likely to have to start fundraising in order to meet the requirements of the new Charities Act, according to the chairman of a leading umbrella organisation for private schools.

Dr Nigel Richardson, chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistress' Conference, said in a statement yesterday that independent schools will probably have to up the number of bursaries they provide to students from disadvantaged backgrounds in order to comply with the act. The phasing out of the assisted places scheme between...

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