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Others in the capital with a similar policy include the Horniman Museum and Gardens in Forest Hill, the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow and the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration in Clerkenwell.
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Others → include → Clerkenwell
The Bank of England, based in the City of London, only accommodates state schools for its in-house museum presentations.
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Bank → base → presentations
Campaigners at the Education Not Taxation group, set-up in protest against the Labour government’s decision to scrap the 20% VAT relief on private school fees, urged cultural institutions to end what it called a “divisive approach” to pricing school trips.
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it → set → trips
Chairman Tony Perry accused certain organisations of “discriminating against, or outright excluding, children simply because they attend independent schools”.
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they → accuse → schools
“It can penalise children from lower-income families who attend independent schools on bursaries, while allowing children from wealthier families in state schools to participate.”
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children → penalise → schools
Mr Perry suggested that a fairer and “more targeted” approach would be to offer concessionary rates to children on free school meals or living in areas of high deprivation.
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approach → suggest → deprivation
The William Morris Gallery in north-east London charges £95 for tours given to local authority schools and £135 independent schools before VAT.
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Gallery → charge → VAT
It has a funding arrangement that allows it to offer 24 free workshop sessions each year for schools with 30% or more pupils on free school meals.
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it → have → meals
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The Globe charges £2 more per head for school workshops when it comes to fee-paying pupils.
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it → read → pupils
State schools are charged at £12 per pupil, with “other UK schools” billed at £14 per student.
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schools → charge → student
At the north London Quentin Blake Centre, which opened in June, state schools are charged £200 per 90 minute workshop when visiting.
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schools → open → workshop
Independent schools pay £87.50 more for the same experience.
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schools → pay → experience
The Bank of England defended its policy of only permitting state school pupils access to its 45-minute presentations when visiting its museum.
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Bank → defend → museum
It said all schools are “very welcome” at the museum but that it prioritises its “limited resources” by aiming them at pupils with less access to economics education.
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it → say → education
“Economics as an academic subject is less widely taught in non-selective state schools than independent schools,” the Threadneedle Street institution said.
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institution → teach → schools
“To put this into context, about half of comprehensive schools offer economics at A Level, compared to about three-quarters of independent schools.
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half → put → schools
“The statistics at degree level are more striking: over 7% of independently educated male undergraduates are studying economics, compared to 1% for female undergraduates from state schools.
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% → educate → schools
“Our objective here is not to deny access to any particular group to our educational resources.
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objective → deny → resources
“By providing short additional introductory presentations to state-school students, our aim is to help encourage a similar interest in economics amongst them as we already see in their independently-educated counterparts.”
Education resources are available for all schools on its website free of charge, it added.
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it → provide → charge
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