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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
Synonyms
Examples for "private school"
Examples for "private school"
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Abolishing the VAT exemption on private school fees is a good start.
The Guardian
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Jeffrey, for instance, recently graduated from a private school in Jackson, Mississippi.
Ebony
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He could send his children to private school and even European universities.
Ghost wars
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Boys, younger children, and private school students most commonly engaged in MVPA.
Pubmed
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Then she made her first essay in teaching a small private school.
Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, ...
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My daughter just started Kindergarten at a New York City public school.
Wired
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Our kids are being given inadequate education at the public school levels.
Ebony
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One thing was for certain: Juniper was not returning to public school.
Solomon's oak: a novel
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Sixteen had attended public school, including seven who had gone to Eton.
The Guardian
5
A Mississippi town has finally decided to integrate its public school system.
Ebony
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
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Panelists Nick Dennis is deputy headteacher at Berkhamsted, an independent school in Hertfordshire.
The Guardian
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People will focus above all on the gaps between state and independent school pupils.
The Guardian
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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
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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
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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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