Free schools have been described as independent state schools because they will be funded directly from central government, standing outside council control. (bbc.co.uk)
This course of GCSE revision sessions was one of the first arrangements made by the Wimbledon Independent State School Partnership created by Heather McKissack, formerly senior mistress at King's, and it has been running every year since 2004. (schoolstogether.org)
Thank goodness Michael Gove is going to smash planning rules and other bureaucracy to make it much easier to set up new independent state schools that parents can switch to and transfer the state per - pupil funding, while also tearing up the current system of teacher pay and conditions. (conservativehome.blogs.com)