Threat to private schools as three fail charity test
SCOTTISH private schools that continue to charge high fees without providing sufficient bursaries should be stripped of charitable status, politicians have warned.
SCOTTISH private schools that continue to charge high fees without providing sufficient bursaries should be stripped of charitable status, politicians have warned.
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Andrew Denholm and Jill Castle
The call comes after three Scottish independent schools – including Fettes College, in Edinburgh – were told they had failed the public benefit test required of all charities.
The Scottish Charity Regulator ruled Fettes, St George's School for Girls in Edinburgh, which charges more than £11,000 a year, and St Columba's School in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde, which charges nearly £10,000 a year, did not do enough to offset their fees.
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