ERIC Number: EJ1423769
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
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The Unearned Privilege of Charity Law: How the Law Maintains Elite Education
Tilly Clough
Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, v45 n3 p416-431 2024
In England and Wales, fee-charging independent schools can be legally classified as charities and, therefore, receive associated benefits, the most obvious being taxation advantages. The high fees charged by many of these schools create financial exclusivity, which, it will be seen, confers significant social and cultural capital to those who can meet the economic barrier to entry. High fees lead to increased wealth for the schools, which is augmented by their charitable fiscal benefits. In exchange for receiving these charitable benefits, one might expect charity law to place significant social contribution requirements on these schools. However, this paper will argue that this is not the case: the law, in fact, requires very little from charitable independent schools. In practice, charity law cannot mitigate inequalities within elite education nor justify their taxation advantages.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competitive Selection, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Selective Admission, Private Schools, Advantaged, School Law, Trusts (Financial), Taxes, Barriers, Fees, Cultural Capital, Social Capital, Equal Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Wales)
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