Shafaqna English– Research indicates that England’s wealthiest private schools allocate only a small portion of their income to means-tested bursaries.
Private Education Policy Forum (PEPF), a thinktank campaigning for greater equality and transparency among independent schools, gathered data from more than 200 leading schools, and found they spent less than 6% of their total fee income on supporting pupils based on family income.
While independent schools argue that they support tens of thousands of pupils with assistance, the PEPF found that much of the support at the schools it examined was not means-tested, and included discounts for siblings attending the same school, fee rebates for children of staff, and sports or music scholarships
Source: Guardian