The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ACADEMY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ACADEMY
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- Place for scholars made out in a community marginally
- Day came for reforming educational institution
- Surprised reaction after poster is put in outstanding scholarly institution
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The straight part
We know that "educational institution" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case educational institution = academy.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ACADEMY mean?
ACADEMY noun- (usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
- (usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
- An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
- A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
- A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
- The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
- (with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
- A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
- A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.