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Meanings of independent school in English

Russian
независимая школа
Spanish
escuela independiente
Catalan
escola privada

Fee-paying school in the United Kingdom.

        независимая школа
        Usage of independent school in English
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        Photograph: Alamy He is keener on bursaries to widen independent school entry.
        The Guardian
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        If it were an independent school no one would question it.
        The Guardian
        3
        Panelists Nick Dennis is deputy headteacher at Berkhamsted, an independent school in Hertfordshire.
        The Guardian
        4
        People will focus above all on the gaps between state and independent school pupils.
        The Guardian
        5
        Laurelhurst was a nationally recognized independent school; the waiting list for admissions was years long.
        Table for five
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        Jo Lawrence is the head of English at St Peter's, an independent school in York.
        The Guardian
        7
        The school in question being a posh independent school we'd actually passed on the drive over.
        Foxglove Summer
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        Waikato University was the first institution to establish an independent school for Māori studies in 1996.
        Radio NZ
        9
        The possession of an independent school library also tends to keep the reference work in the school.
        Library Work with Children
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        Jones grew up in Surrey and Oxfordshire, attended an independent school and studied drama at Manchester University.
        The Guardian
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        She wanted to become a social worker and had studied GCSEs at an independent school in the area.
        BBC
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        Maharishi School, Lancashire Non-selective independent school for ages 4 - 16.
        BBC
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        Ryan said the school where he taught was an example of economic freedom in action-anindependent school helping people.
        The bridge: the life and rise of barack obama
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        However, independent school pupils entered university with better qualifications: ABB on average, compared with BBC for state school pupils.
        The Guardian
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        Yes, he did go to "a minor independent school", but his parents were lecturers at a polytechnic.
        The Guardian
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        Whether one agrees with Gove's advocacy of academies as a means of rectifying independent school domination is open to debate.
        The Guardian
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