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<p>There are 40 state funded schools providing boarding. Of these, 27 are academies,
two are free schools, eight are maintained schools and three are FE colleges. There
are approximately 5,000 state boarding places across these schools, academies and
colleges.</p><p>Where a school is an independent school that becomes an academy and
there are children from non-European Economic Area countries already on-roll at that
independent school we allow those pupils to continue their education at the same school
after it has changed status to become an academy. These students are required to pay
full-fees covering education and boarding.</p><p>State-funded boarding schools cannot
charge for education but charge full cost for boarding provision.</p><p>Admission
to state-funded boarding schools and academies is limited to children who are nationals
of the UK and are eligible to hold a full UK passport, or those who are nationals
of other European Economic Area countries or those who have the right of residence
in the UK. Pupils that board will include British children and children from other
European Economic Area countries who live anywhere overseas.</p><p>In addition to
the 40 state-funded schools and academies, providing boarding for mainstream pupils,
where parents/carers pay fees, there are also special schools and academies that provide
residential provision. There are 91 maintained special schools with residential provision
and 15 academy special schools with residential provision. These schools are state
funded and pupils do not pay fees.</p><p>Data on the pupils enrolled at all maintained
schools, academies (including free schools, studio schools and university technical
colleges) and non‑maintained special schools, is collected via the school census.
The school census captures a wide range of information including pupil headcount,
special educational needs, eligibility for free school meals, first language, ethnicity
and whether a pupil is a boarder. However, the school census does not collect data
on pupil nationality.</p>
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