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independent school

NOUN
private school
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Two small schools in Dyffryn Nantlle will shut at the end of December, and an independent school, St Gerard's in Bangor, will close next month.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

A place at the school starts at £16,000 a year, while one at an independent school would typically cost more.

From BBC Jan. 11, 2026

"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

He had a scholarship offer at Wisbech Grammar, a nearby independent school, but with family finances and siblings to consider he didn't take it up.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2025

The possession of an independent school library also tends to keep the reference work in the school.

From Library Work with Children by Alice Isabel Hazeltine




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