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Free schools listed on this page all have formal local authority representation on the board of trustees. The list is not exhaustive. It is possible for a local authority to sponsor a free school in partnership with other organisations, provided they have no more than a 19.9% representation on the board. [1]
This is a list of open free schools in England which are formally designated as faith schools. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It should not include schools which have a faith ethos, but no formal designation as a faith school.
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The schools in England are organised into local education authorities.There are 150 local education authorities in England organised into nine larger regions. [1] According to the Schools Census, there were 3,408 [2] maintained government secondary schools in England in 2017.
Continuously ranked as one of the leading meditation retreats in the world, Wat Suan Mokkh is a Theravada Buddhist Temple founded by Ajahn Buddhadasa in 1932. The center now runs monthly retreats ...
In the 2010s, retreats at St Beuno's began to be featured in the national media. [9] [10] [11] In 2010, it was a location for the BBC series The Big Silence where participants spent 8 days on a silent retreat at St Beuno's. [12] In 2017, two actors also did an 8-day retreat there in preparation for the Martin Scorsese film Silence. [13] [14]
Young monk in meditation retreat, Yerpa, Tibet in 1993 A retreat can either be a time of solitude or a community experience. Some retreats are held in silence, and on others there may be a great deal of conversation, depending on the understanding and accepted practices of the host facility and/or the participant(s).
Michaela Community School is a free school with sixth form in London. A free school in England is a type of academy established since 2010 under the Cameron–Clegg government's free school policy initiative. [1] From May 2015, usage of the term was formally extended to include new academies set up via a local authority competition. [2]