# School Standards and Framework Act 1998, Section 23: Charitable status of maintained schools, etc.


(1) The following shall be charities ...—
(a) the governing body of any foundation, voluntary or foundation special school; and
(b) any foundation body established under section 21;
but no governing body of a community or community special school shall be a charity.
(1A) Any body to which subsection (1)(a) or (b) applies is, as a result of its inclusion in Schedule 3 to the Charities Act 2011, an exempt charity for the purposes of that Act.
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(3) Any foundation established otherwise than under this Act which has no property other than the premises of any school or schools falling within subsection (1)(a) shall be a charity and is an institution which is to be treated for the purposes of section 31(3) of the Charities Act 2011 as if that provision applied to it.
(4) In this section—
(a) “institution” has the same meaning as in the Charities Act 2011;
(b) “premises” includes a teacher’s dwelling-house.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/31/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-standards-and-framework-act-1998/section-23
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