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sixth-form college

British  

noun

  1. (in England and Wales) a college offering A-level and other courses to pupils over sixteen from local schools, esp from those that do not have sixth forms

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Roland says she saw the BBC's student loans reporting on the same day she attended a talk given by a representative of the Student Loans Company at her daughter's sixth-form college.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

The group have been friends for 12 years after meeting at sixth-form college in Farnborough studying performing arts.

From BBC ● May 18, 2025

She is at sixth-form college now doing French, English language and biology.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2019

You could think of Cologne as a sixth-form college to Berlin’s infinitely cooler art school.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2019

Aysha Frade, 44, who worked at a London sixth-form college, US tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, and retired south London window cleaner Leslie Rhodes, 75, also died.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2017

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