VATEDU65250 - Local authority (LA) schools: what are local authority schools?

These are schools maintained by a local authority and receiving recurrent funding from the local authority under arrangements set out in sections 45-53 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (SSFA). They fall into the following three categories:

• community (including community special schools);
• foundation (including foundation special schools); and
• voluntary (comprising both voluntary aided and voluntary controlled schools).

They do not include:

• technology colleges;
• academies;
• nursery schools; and
• pupil referral units.