What It Means to be a Voluntary Aided School

In a voluntary aided school:

• the land and buildings are owned by the church but the governing body is responsible for running the school
• the school is funded partly by the Local Authority, partly by the governing body and partly by the church
• the cost of repairs and capital projects is raised by the governing body through the Diocese with a 90% grant from the Department for Education
• the governing body employs the staff
• the Local Authority provides support services
• the pupils have to follow the national curriculum
• the pupils have a daily Christian assembly
• the admissions policy is determined and administered by the  governors in consultation with the Local Authority and other relevant schools in the area