Private schools and public benefit
Simon Cox asks whether private schools are doing enough to support state schools.
Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt has caused controversy by arguing that private schools that don't have partnerships with their state counterparts should lose their business rates relief. But how easy is it to discover what partnerships are happening? And do they do any good? Simon Cox investigates.
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Free Schools
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