Bursaries 'not a public benefit'

By Stephen Cook, Third Sector, 8 August 2007

Bursaries provided by fee-paying schools that are charities should not count towards the public benefit that they will have to demonstrate to justify their charitable status, according to a group of education experts.

In a newly published response to the Charity Commission's consultation on its draft public benefit guidance, the group argues that bursaries strip the state sector of talented pupils and are actually detrimental to the community. It also says the true cost of education at such schools is higher than the...

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