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Minister to cease to maintain a school. This was done in cases where the local authority and school could not agree. Some of these schools became
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would have all of their running costs met by the State, but their capital costs would only be partly state funded, with the foundation retaining greater influence over school admission policies, staffing and
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1373:"No longer a presumption that new schools will be academies?"
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587:"CAPITAL FUNDING FOR VOLUNTARY AIDED (VA) SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND"
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1066:"The Composition of Schools in England"
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501:London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
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778:"Schools 'demand money from parents'"
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854:St. Richard Reynolds' School Website
505:St Richard Reynolds Catholic College
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1325:"Grant Maintained Schools Database"
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1042:. 5 September 2003. Archived from
1032:"Categories of Schools – Overview"
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1282:. Written Answers. 22 March 1978.
1254:"Education Cambridgeshire (1981)"
1008:. 8 January 2008. Archived from
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702:The Diocese of Southwark Website
566:Department for Education Website
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1222:. Written Answers. 2 July 1979.
1219:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1214:"Schools Reorganisation (1979)"
1106:. Falmer Press. pp. 1–21.
875:"Charging and Remission Policy"
303:Royal Grammar School, Guildford
670:"Buildings Maintenance Scheme"
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952:. Department for Education
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1234:"Schools Status (1980)"
978:. The National Archives
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411:Kirkham Grammar School
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1452:Education in England
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1301:Taylor & Francis
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