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

For 39 years, St Joseph's College, an independent school on the outskirts of the town, has organised a rugby festival.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

Mrs Pritt-Roberts said Mr Craven-Jones had joined the independent school in 2017 and played in their rugby, football and cricket teams.

From BBC • May 29, 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

Explain how European countries came naturally to have two largely independent school systems—a secondary school for leaders and an elementary school for the masses—whereas we have only one continuous system.

From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson