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Part VIIIndependent Schools

Chapter IPreliminary

463Meaning of “independent school”

In this Act “independent school” means any school at which full-time education is provided for five or more pupils of compulsory school age (whether or not such education is also provided at it for pupils under or over that age) and which is not—

(a)a school maintained by a local education authority,

(b)a special school not so maintained, or

(c)a grant-maintained school.