grant-maintained

British

adjective

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

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

From BBC

Lord Baker gave schools control over their own budgets, established a national curriculum, encouraged grant-maintained schools - so setting the groundwork for Mr Gove's future rapid academies policy.

From BBC

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

From The Guardian

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