Foundation school

In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which a foundation or trust has some formal influence in the running of the school. Foundation schools were set up under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 to replace grant-maintained schools, which were funded directly by central government. Grant-maintained schools that had previously been voluntary controlled or county schools (but not voluntary aided) usually became foundation schools.
Foundation schools are a kind of "maintained school", meaning that they are funded by central government via the Local Education Authority, and do not charge fees to students. The land and buildings are typically owned by a charitable foundation. Like voluntary controlled schools, foundation schools are wholly funded by government, with the foundation appointing about a quarter of the school governors. As with voluntary aided schools, the governing body employs the staff and has responsibility for admissions to the school, subject to rules imposed by central government. Pupils follow the National Curriculum.[1][2][3]
Within the maintained sector in England, approximately 2% of primary schools and 15% of secondary schools are foundation schools. Almost all of these are non-faith schools.[4]