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Voluntary ControlledLocal-authority-maintained schools that often, but not always, have a religious character. They are funded by the local authority under the local schools funding formula. The local authority employs the staff and is the admission authority. A religious organisation usually appoints a proportion of the Governors and owns the buildings and some of the school land.