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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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Remember Monday, who met at sixth-form college in Farnborough studying performing arts, have been friends for 12 years, and quit their jobs in late 2023 to be in the band full-time.

From BBC • May 18, 2025

The order means Mr Hardie is prohibited from teaching indefinitely and cannot teach in any school, sixth-form college, relevant youth accommodation or children's home in England.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

The presentation evening was at Drax Club, and I had to leave my sixth-form college in Scunthorpe early so that I could get there in time.

From The Guardian • Apr. 27, 2019

The victims were Aysha Frade, 44, who worked at a London sixth-form college; American tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, from Utah; retired window cleaner Leslie Rhodes, 75, from south London; and father-of-two PC Keith Palmer, 48.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2017

I was 16, at sixth-form college a couple of miles down the road in Rusholme.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2016

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