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Responsible authorities for education across the UK

Responsible authorities for education across the UK

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... is much less the case in England partly due to the fragmented and complex landscape of different governance types of state funded schools. Table 2 and 3 demonstrate the number of education authorities and range of types of state funded secondary schools across the UK. ...

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