independent school
Britishnoun
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(in Britain) a school that is neither financed nor controlled by the government or local authorities
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(in Australia) a school that is not part of the state system
Example Sentences
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The College of Europe is an independent school attended by aspiring EU civil servants.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
"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
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
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 Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
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