Private schools plan to beat test with bursaries

By Ben Cook, Third Sector Online, 11 September 2008

Nearly half of all independent schools plan to increase the availability of bursaries in order to pass the public benefit test, according to research published today.

A study by Zurich Financial Services reveals that 46 per cent of independent school heads and bursars have "already put plans in motion" to increase the availability of bursaries so they would pass the test, which was introduced by the 2006 Charities Act . The survey shows that a further...

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