Passed

Manchester Grammar School 1,471 boys aged 9-18 Annual fees £8,976 Means-tested bursaries 203 (14 per cent of pupils); 120 are full bursaries Benefits to community charitable fundraising, community work, sports facilities available to local schools, offers coaching for Oxbridge candidates from local schools, sends teacher to Uganda to train teachers Charity Commission said “This is a large school with resources which can be and are used to provide opportunities to benefit in a material way . . . those who cannot afford the fees, including those in poverty”

Pangbourne College, Berkshire 408 pupils aged 11 to 18 (day and boarding) Annual fees £12,753 to £17,460 day, £18,129 to £24,951 boarding Means-tested bursaries 98 (24 per cent of pupils); 2 are full bursaries Benefits to community fundraising activities, expedition to Malawi to build classrooms, orienteering programme, orchestra fun day Commission said “The totality of benefits from bursaries and assistance provided to support places for children of armed forces families, and links with local state schools, are together sufficiently extensive and provide some opportunities for people in poverty to benefit”

Manor House School Trust (runs Moyles Court School) 151 pupils aged 4-16 (day and boarding) Annual fees £4,965 to £10,755 day, £13,887 to £18,837 boarding Means-tested bursaries 31 (21 per cent of pupils); 2 are full bursaries Benefits to community fundraising for charities, sports tournaments and training for local children, Scouts and badminton club use facilities Commission said the school “publicises the fact means-tested bursaries worth up to 80 per cent of the fees are available. It offers higher value bursaries, up to 100 per cent”

Failed

Highfield Priory, Lancashire 234 pupils aged 2-11 Annual fees £5,795 for main school Means-tested bursaries None Value of bursaries None Benefits to community supports local charities, facilities used by local children and a parent and toddler group, joint sports contests with nearby schools, state school pupils come in for work experience Commission said the school “does not provide sufficient opportunity to benefit in a material way for those who cannot afford the fees”

Saint Anselm’s, Derbyshire 239 pupils aged 3-13 (day and boarding) Annual fees £7,500 to £14,580 for day pupils, £17,310 for boarders Means-tested bursaries 2 (0.8 per cent of pupils) Value of bursaries Less than 1 per cent of gross fee income Benefits to community fundraising for charities, performances by pupils at residential care home, sports tournaments, combined choir with local schools, use of school sports facilities by church youth group Commission said “The number of [bursary] awards and the overall value of assistance are minimal and so on their own would not be regarded as sufficient”

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