獨立學校 (英國)
在英國,獨立學校(也被稱為私立學校,及在某些情況下指公學)是一間由私人資源資助的學校,資源的主要形式是學費、饋贈和長期慈善捐贈基金,並不受國家財政條例管制。英國大約有2,500間獨立學校,教育大約615,000名學童(佔全英國兒童僅僅多於7%,佔16歲以上學生大約18%)。
大約10%的英國獨立學校是公學,一般而言擁有悠久歷史和傳統、及作為校長會議成員學校[1]。
參考資料
^ Public schools were defined in the report of the Fleming Committee in 1942 as "schools which are in membership of the Governing Bodies' Association or Headmasters' Conference".
外部链接
'To fail them all their days' By Ben Locker and William Dornan in The Times. April 3, 2007
University Admissions by Individual Schools (PDF). Sutton Trust. February 2008. [永久失效連結]
Milburn, Alan (chair). Unleashing Aspiration: The Final Report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions (PDF). 2009 [25 May 2010]. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2010年1月15日).
Passmore, Biddy. Bastions for the elite?. Times Education Supplement. 31 December 1999.