A TOP-performing school in one of the city’s wealthiest areas receives a business rates discount other state secondaries cannot access.
Glasgow City Council's Labour leader George Redmond said: “This does not seem fair. Schools serving poorer areas should have a level playing field.”Unlike other council-run schools, it is independently governed and directly funded by the Scottish Government. As it is run by a charity, it can benefit from other financial advantages such as the business rates reduction.
According to the Scottish Government website, the school is liable for £261,332 of business rates. An 80 percent reduction takes a massive £209,065 off the bill – roughly the equivalent of salaries for six probationer teachers.Councils pay the business rates for their schools, rather than the institution themselves.
Private schools, which are also classed as charities, received the business rates discount until recently, when it was removed during a review of the system., which is reportedly considering axing hundreds of teaching posts in a bid to save cash, said: “Jordanhill gets mandatory relief of 80 percent on account of its charitable status.
"Councils have the discretion to top that up to 100 percent, we have not done so – they pay the 20percent balance.”Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention.
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