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Originally Posted by Chris
In the same way that GP services already are (in Scotland as well as in
England).
Unless you live in an extremely remote area where it's very hard to attract a permanent GP to run a practice, your GP practice is a private partnership which holds a contract to provide NHS services.
In England, some academy schools are owned by private trusts which are funded by the DfE, others have converted from local authority control so it's less clear to me who ultimately "owns" them (except that the buildings themselves who'll presumably be owned by the state).
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Normally the Local Authority holds the freehold to the land and buildings, the academy trust holds the leasehold (usually on a 125 year lease), the staff are TUPE'd over on the same employment terms and conditions and are employed by the academy trust. Hope this clarifies some of the points raised.