grant-maintained

adjective

1. grant maintained when postpostive (of schools or educational institutions) funded directly by central government

Example Sentences

An alternative proposal advanced by the school's Board of Governors to change its management to grant-maintained integrated status was rejected.

From BBC

Lord Baker gave schools control over their own budgets, established a national curriculum, encouraged grant-maintained schools - so setting the groundwork for Mr Gove's future rapid academies policy.

From BBC

The 1988 Education Act brought in city technology colleges and grant-maintained schools, free of local authority control.

From The Guardian