grant-maintained

British

adjective

(grant maintained when postpostive) (of schools or educational institutions) funded directly by central government

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grant-maintained

An alternative proposal advanced by the school's Board of Governors to change its management to grant-maintained integrated status was rejected.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2015

The 1988 Education Act brought in city technology colleges and grant-maintained schools, free of local authority control.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2013

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