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5 unusual facts about Education in Sheffield


Education in Sheffield

The first school to be built in England under the Act was Newhall School at Attercliffe in 1873.

Formal education in Sheffield, a city in England, takes place at the city's two universities, 141 primary schools and 28 secondary schools.

The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University combined bring 55,000 students to the city every year, including many from the Far East.

There are also seven private schools, most notably Birkdale School and the Sheffield High School for Girls.

Sheffield College is organised on a collegiate basis and was originally created from the merger of six colleges around the city, since reduced to three main centres: City in the city centre, Hillsborough in the north, and Norton in the south, each operating as semi-autonomous constituents of Sheffield College.



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