independent school

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"We're a British independent school but sitting firmly within Nigerian cultural needs," says John Todd, head of Charterhouse Nigeria.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

It was his host family who suggested he apply to Westbourne School, an independent school in nearby Penarth, and he was offered a free place under its refugee scholarship scheme.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

The King's School, which has 230 pupils aged four to 16, charges about £7,900 per year, per child, which is £10,000 pounds less than the average independent school in England.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024

Approval is also needed for an independent school to have students take college courses through a state program.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023

About this time Pratt City was made, by act of the Alabama Legislature, a separate and independent school district, and I had the honor of being elected to the principalship of the Negro school.

From Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements by Washington, Booker T.