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PRONUNCIATION OF SIXTH-FORM COLLEGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SIXTH-FORM COLLEGE

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WHAT DOES SIXTH-FORM COLLEGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sixth form college

A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, The Caribbean, Malta, Norway, Brunei, among others, where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels and the International Baccalaureate Diploma, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is known as a junior college. The municipal government of the city of Paris uses the phrase "sixth form college" as the English name for a lycée. In England, The Caribbean, and Wales, education is only compulsory until the end of year 11, the school year in which the pupil turns 16 In the English and Welsh state educational systems, those wishing to continue may either stay on at a secondary school with an attached sixth form, transfer to a local sixth form college, or go to a more vocational further education college, although, depending on geographical location, there may be little choice as to which of these options can be taken. In the independent sector, sixth forms are an integral part of secondary schools, and there is also a number of smaller-scale independent sixth form colleges.

Definition of sixth-form college in the English dictionary

The definition of sixth-form college in the dictionary is a college offering A-level and other courses to pupils over sixteen from local schools, esp from those that do not have sixth forms.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SIXTH-FORM COLLEGE

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Synonyms and antonyms of sixth-form college in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sixth-form college» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIXTH-FORM COLLEGE

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The translations of sixth-form college from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sixth-form college» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中六大学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sexto curso universitario
570 millions of speakers

English

sixth-form college
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छठी फार्म कॉलेज
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

النموذج السادس الكلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шестого класса колледжа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sexta - forma faculdade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্ত্রোপচার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sixth form college
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kolej keenam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Oberstufenschule
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

第六の形式カレッジ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여섯째 형태의 대학
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

College sing nomer enem
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thứ sáu hình thức đại học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆறாவது படிப்பு கல்லூரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सहावा फॉर्म कॉलेज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Altıncı form kolej
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sesto - forma del college
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

forma kolegium szósty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шостого класу коледжу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a șasea formă colegiu
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

έκτη μορφή κολέγιο
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Translator English - Afrikaans

sesde vorm kollege
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

gymnasiet
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

videregående skole
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SIXTH-FORM COLLEGE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SIXTH-FORM COLLEGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sixth-form college

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIXTH-FORM COLLEGE»

Discover the use of sixth-form college in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sixth-form college and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Changing Sixth Form in the Twentieth Century
For descriptions of sixthform centres and colleges from the inside see: Shield, G. W., A Sixth Form College at Work (Education, 6 November, 1964); Dance, B. D., Living and Working in a SixthForm College (Times Educational Supplement, ...
A D Edwards, 2013
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Education Act 2011
11 (1) Section 33C (establishment of new bodies corporate as sixth form college corporations) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (2), for “the responsible local authority” substitute “a person or body (“the proposer”)”. (3) In subsection ...
Great Britain, 2011
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Religious Discrimination and Hatred Law
This Schedule applies to the following institutions:— Aquinas Sixth Form College, Stockport Cardinal Newman College, Preston Carmel College, St Helens Christ The King Sixth Form College, Lewisham Holy Cross Sixth Form College, Bury ...
Neil Addison, 2007
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Teachers' Lives And Careers
... the data recorded in this chapter may have very limited application to other institutions but this is an acknowledged limitation of all case studies. Nonetheless , Concord does appear to be typical of one of the broad 'types' of sixth form college.
Stephen J Ball, Dr, Dr Stephen J Ball, Ivor F Goodson, 2002
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Design and Aesthetics: A Reader
... mixed gender group FG3 Female students at sixth form college on the south coast of England, single gender group FG4 Students at sixth form college on the south coast of England, mixed gender group FG5 Students at sixth form college in ...
Mo Dodson, Jerry Palmer, 2003
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The Creative College: Building a Successful Learning Culture ...
Arts partnership has been strongly developed at Newham Sixth Form College ( NewVIc). a large and diverse sixth form college in east London. The case studies by teachers and artists who developed the projects show how they collaborate ...
Graham Jeffery, 2005
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A Lifetime in English Education: Philip Vennis from Pupil to ...
There would be opportunities for a mature relationship between staff and pupils in a Sixth Form College. Rules regarding dress, smoking, relations between the sexes and matters of discipline generally could be relaxed, thereby removing one  ...
Diana Vennis, 2012
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Community College Models: Globalization and Higher Education ...
In Dominica, the Clifton Dupigny College was formed by the merger of the Technical College and the sixth form college. The Government has also planned for the inclusion of the School of Nursing and the Teachers' college to be a part of the ...
Rosalind Latiner Raby, Edward James Valeau, 2009
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Independent Schools Yearbook 2012-2013
... AMusA Assistant Head – Admissions and Communications: Mrs F J Weldin, BA , MA Assistant Head – Pastoral and Co-Curricular: Miss C J Ralph, BEd Heads ofDivision: Sixth Form College: Mr J Hole, BA, MA Upper College: Mrs D J Vass, ...
NONE, 2013
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Education 16-19: In Transition
It was this vision that produced the first sixth form college in the maintained sector . Mexborough Sixth Form College opened in 1965, the brainchild of Alec (later Sir Alec) Clegg, CEO for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and George Shield, the ...
Eric MacFarlane, 2002

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIXTH-FORM COLLEGE»

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The sixth form college goes global
Not wholly coincidentally, there has been a surge of late in the intake of international students to local sixth-form colleges. While for home students these are ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Totton sixth form college scraps A-Levels
A sixth-form college beset with financial problems has told students it is scrapping ... Totton College, in Hampshire, has been trying to secure a merger with a ... «BBC News, Apr 15»
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Sixth-form colleges: we are an endangered species
Chris Thomson, head of a highly successful sixth-form college in Brighton, has become rather good at arithmetic in recent years – particularly subtraction. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Celebrities join calls to axe sixth-form 'learning tax'
Celebrities including actor Colin Firth have lent their support to a campaign urging the government to drop "a learning tax" on sixth-form colleges. Unlike schools ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
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Sixth-form colleges shrinking in face of funding cuts
Sixth Form college, Sheffield The number of sixth-form colleges has declined by 10% since 2004. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian ... «The Guardian, Jun 14»
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Exclusive: Core A-level courses scrapped after Michael Gove cuts …
Michael Gove will be embroiled in a fresh controversy on Monday as it emerges that his department's savage spending cuts have forced sixth-form colleges to ... «The Independent, Feb 14»
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Runshaw College students stripped of A-level grades as teachers …
Teachers at an 'outstanding' sixth-form college have been accused of 'leading' hundreds of pupils through their A-level examinations to secure better grades. «Daily Mail, Jul 13»
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End funding disadvantage for sixth-form colleges, MPs urged
The government should "level the playing field for post-16 education" in England, the Sixth Form Colleges Association will tell MPs on Tuesday. Sixth-form ... «BBC News, Feb 13»
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Brooke House Sixth Form College replicates Oxford study
A state-run sixth-form college in London has replicated an Oxford professor's study on its premises. Brooke House Sixth Form College (BSix) in Hackney spent ... «BBC News, Mar 12»

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