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Private school to run academy
Posted on 30th April 2008
The renowned independent school Wellington College has received government funding to provide an academy for children.
Around 40 per cent of the children will have parents in the military, as the site in Andover in Hampshire is surrounded by several military bases.
Wellington College received £25 million in funding for the 1,150 pupil academy, which will draw from its military background.
It is hoped that the children of rank and file soldiers will be offered places at the academy, where there will be the option to board.
Master of Wellington College Dr Anthony Seldon told the BBC: "We intend the academy to be a model of private-state partnership in education and I hope it will encourage other leading independent schools to become similarly engaged."
He added that 100 other independent schools may have started up similar academies by 2010.
Wellington College was founded in 1859 by Queen Victoria as a national monument to the Duke of Wellington.