Chris Staley (right) is the head of Wisbech Grammar School.
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A fully-funded place at Wisbech Grammar School s sixth form is being offered for one academically gifted pupil from a state-funded school.
The Foundation Scholar scheme is being run by the school s charitable governing body, which was reformed a year ago as the Wisbech Educational Foundation (WEF).
As the foundation no longer runs the school, the WEF say it has allowed them to focus on its core charitable aim of allowing gifted and talented local children to access the benefits of an independent education through the provision of grants .
Hundreds of independent schools left in dire financial straits by the coronavirus pandemic are being targeted by Chinese investors, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Experts anticipate a feeding frenzy as firms, including some run by high-ranking members of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, seek to expand their influence over Britain s education system.
Seventeen schools are already owned by Chinese companies, but that number is set to rocket. Amid rising concern about Beijing s tentacles reaching into British classrooms, an investigation by this newspaper can reveal:
Nine of the 17 schools under Chinese control are owned by firms whose founders or bosses are among China s most senior Communist Party members;
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