private schools shouldn't be asking people for financial donations

[mrbensbaker]

I've had an email from a state school sponsored by the GDST who own 24 private schools asking for a donation of £10 or more to purchase books from their wish list for a reading programme for their pupils.

Looking online, the GDST last published income (2019) was £272 million against an expenditure of £257 million. They had an investment gain of £3.3 million.

It's not a school that I have ever had a connection with and it's not a local school.

I think it's wrong for them to be asking for financial donations for a project when they are extremely well off financially, the GDST as sponsors should step up to the plate and cover this cost.

The 2 organisations are distinct legal entities

You can't just use 1 to subsidise the other.

So, it's a state school, not private at all.

Similar to church schools which are state but owned by the church?