Grant-maintained schools were a type of state school in England and Wales, which had independence from their local education authority and were funded directly from central government. Nowadays, the term grant-maintained school is obsolete and has been replaced by other synonyms such as academy, free school, and grammar school. Academies are publicly funded independent schools that are also free from local authority control. Free schools are non-profit, state-funded schools, set up by groups of parents, teachers, or other stakeholders. Grammar schools are academically selective state schools that have a long tradition in the United Kingdom. Consequently, the term grant-maintained school is no longer a relevant term for the current educational landscape.