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Adrian Lucas

Whilst at Norwich, he taught piano and organ for the University of East Anglia and was a member of the music staff at both Norwich High School and Norwich School.

Alan Duncan

Alan Duncan was educated at two independent schools: Beechwood Park School in Markyate, and Merchant Taylors' School in Northwood, at both of which he was 'Head Monitor' (head boy).

Andy Cato

Cato was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, an independent school for boys in Wakefield, followed by the University of Oxford (Merton College), where he studied history.

Annesley Junior School

Annesley Junior School is an independent day school for girls and boys aged from two years old to year 6, located in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

British Study Centres School of English

Since acquiring ICH, British Study Centres has offered junior courses at independent schools in Ardingly, Cheltenham and Wycliffe.

Cooerwull Academy

The Cooerwull Academy was an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for boys, located in Bowenfels, a small town on the western outskirts of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia.

David Lindsay Keir

Keir was born in Northumberland to William Keir and Elizabeth (Craig) Keir; his Scottish father was a Presbyterian minister, and moved several times during Keir's childhood, from Bellingham to Newcastle, Birkenhead, and finally Glasgow, where Keir attended the independent school, Glasgow Academy.

Dean Godson

Godson was educated at three independent schools for boys: at Edinburgh Academy preparatory school, while his father was US Consul General in Scotland, Sussex House School in Cadogan Square in Chelsea, London and St Paul's School in Barnes, London, followed by Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

Fairholme College

Fairholme College is an independent, day and boarding school for girls, located in Toowoomba, one of Australia's largest provincial cities, in South East Queensland, Australia.

Hugh Seagrim

He was educated at Norwich School, graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and joined the British Indian Army, becoming an officer in the 19th Hyderabad Regiment.

James Coomarasamy

Coomarasamy was educated at Christ's Hospital School, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), near Horsham, West Sussex, followed by the University of Cambridge, where he studied Modern and Medieval Languages.

Martin Carver

He was educated at Ladycross School, a Catholic preparatory school in Seaford, East Sussex, and then Wellington College, an independent school in Crowthorne, Berkshire.

Matthew Hancock

Hancock was educated at Farndon County Primary School, in Farndon, Cheshire, West Cheshire College (a further education college) and The King's School, an independent school in Chester in Cheshire.

Praepostor

Praepostor (sometimes spelt Praepositor) is now used chiefly at English independent schools, such as Aldenham, Rugby, Giggleswick and Eton at other schools such as the former Derby School which began as grammar schools for the teaching of Latin grammar.

Ravelston

Ravelston is home to the Mary Erskine School, an independent school incorporated into Stewart's Melville College which is on the far east side of Ravelston, both owned by the Merchant Company of Edinburgh.

Ruyton Girls' School

Ruyton Girls' School (commonly referred to simply as Ruyton), is a non-denominational, independent, day school for girls, located in Selbourne Road, Kew, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Sean Li

Li was educated at Hurstpierpoint College, an independent school near the village of Hurstpierpoint in West Sussex, before attending the University of Bath in the city of Bath in the UK, where he studied Engineering, and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.

Southport Rugby Football Club

In line with the origins of the modern game, the club was originally composed of old public school boys, and was formed with the intention of improving the physical development of our young townsmen. The driving force behind the formation of the club was Dr George Coombe (later Sir George Augustus Pilkington) of Southport Infirmary.

Swanbourne, Western Australia

Scotch College, a major independent school for boys, is the suburb's largest employer after the Army.

Woodcourt College

Woodcourt College was an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Wardell Road on the border of Marrickville and Dulwich, inner western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


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Ackley School District v. Hall

The Independent School District of Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa, promises to pay to Foster Brothers, or order at the Hardin County Bank at Eldora, Iowa, on the first day of May, 1872, five hundred dollars for value received, with interest at the rate of ten percent per annum, said interest payable semiannually, on the first day of May and November in each year thereafter at the Hardin County Bank at Eldora, on the presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached

Anadarko Independent School District

The Anadarko Independent School District is a school district based in Anadarko, Oklahoma United States.

BCDS

Beaver Country Day School, a private independent school in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Beaver Independent School District

The Beaver Independent School District is a school district based in Beaver, Oklahoma United States.

Bill Cotton

Following a secondary education at the independent school Ardingly College, he joined BBC Television as an in-house producer of light entertainment programmes in 1956, working on various programmes such as his father’s Billy Cotton Band Show and popular music programme Six-Five Special.

Blairmore

Blairmore School, a former independent school in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Blockhouse, Nova Scotia

An independent school, it is based on theoretical foundations laid down by Rudolf Steiner and adheres to the principle that any child desiring a Steiner education (referred to as Waldorf education in North America) should receive one.

Cannons Creek

Cannons Creek Independent School, an independent school in Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa

Carrizo Springs Consolidated Independent School District

In June 1999, Asherton Independent School District was consolidated into Carrizo Springs Independent School District because the Texas Education Agency found that AISD was not taxing properly.

Cheatham

Cheatham Middle School, a middle school in the Clarksville Independent School District, Texas, United States

Clare Clifford

She attended Selwyn Independent School for Girls in Matson, Gloucester, then studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama and appeared on stage at the Oxford Playhouse and the National Theatre.

Degan

Degan Elementary School, an elementary school in the Lewisville Independent School District

Dominick Chilcott

He went to the Catholic independent school, St Joseph's College, Ipswich, later also attended by his brother, (Cambridge-educated) Martin Chilcott.

Elizabeth College

Elizabeth College, Guernsey, an independent school in St Peter Port, Guernsey

Farmersville, Texas

Tex Watson, murderer and member of the Manson Family, best known for his involvement in the murder of Sharon Tate and her unborn child, grew up in Copeville, Texas but attended Farmersville Independent School District.

Filemon Vela, Jr.

In Edinburg School District v. Landmark, Vela represented Edinburg to fight for more funding and in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District v. Landmark, he represented the district in fighting contractors accused of building another poorly constructed school facility.

Glasgow High School

High School of Glasgow, an independent school in Glasgow, and the oldest school in Scotland

Grindon, Sunderland

Pennywell Road is the location of the well-known independent school Grindon Hall Christian School.

Haileybury

Haileybury and Imperial Service College, a coeducational English independent school in Hertfordshire

Haileybury Astana

It was founded in 2011 as offshoot from Haileybury, an independent school in England.

John Butterfield, Baron Butterfield

He was educated at Solihull School, an historic independent school in the West Midlands.

John Mitting

Mitting attended the Roman Catholic independent school Downside School and earned an LL.B at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

Juanita Craft

Following the 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Craft worked to integrate the University of Texas Law School and the Dallas Independent School District.

Justin F. Kimball

Justin F. Kimball High School - a school in Dallas, Texas, administered by the Dallas Independent School District

Lindsay Independent School District

Lindsay Independent School District is a public school district based in Lindsay, Texas (USA).

Locksley

Locksley Christian School, an independent school based in Lincolnshire, England

Marietta Independent School District

Marietta Independent School District was a public school district based in Marietta, Texas (USA).

Mayals

Located on Clyne Common near the suburb in the area is the Craig-y-Nos School, an independent school for children, whilst the well performing Mayals Primary School lies within the area.

Mesquite Tower

Owned by the Mesquite Independent School District, it is a 61,000 watt radio tower used by the radio station KEOM which is also operated by Mesquite Independent School District.

MSCP

Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, an independent school based at the University of Melbourne, Australia

North Zulch Independent School District

North Zulch Independent School District is a public school district based in the unincorporated community of North Zulch, Texas (USA).

Ollie, Iowa

In the fall of that year, the hitherto independent school systems of Ollie, Richland, Packwood and Farson, along with the associated rural areas, were consolidated, and all secondary students began to go to the Pekin Community High School.

Palo Duro

Palo Duro High School, a high school in the Amarillo Independent School District

Peterborough High School

The Peterborough School, an independent school in Peterborough, England, formerly known as Peterborough High School.

Rex Linn

There he attended Heritage Hall and later Casady School, an independent school affiliated with the Episcopal Church, and was employed part-time at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

Sackville School

Sackville School, Hildenborough, an independent school in Hildenborough, Kent, England

Saraswati International School

Saraswati International School, Valsad is an independent school in Valsad in south Gujarat, India that enrols students from kindergarten through year 12.

School of Environmental Studies, Minnesota

Students from Independent School District 196's high schools, Eastview High School, Apple Valley High School, Rosemount High School and Eagan High School, can all elect to attend SES.

St. Paul's Academy

St. Paul Christian Academy, an independent school in Nashville, Tennessee, United States

The Old Ride School

The Old Ride School (previously called The Old Ride Preparatory School) was an independent school, at Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, later at Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire.

The Plains, Virginia

Wakefield School, a Pre-school through Grade 12 independent school, makes its home in The Plains, VA.

The Queen's School, Chester

The Queen's School is the only independent school in the north of England to be recognised and designated "Advanced Confucius Classroom" status by Hanban for excellence in teaching Mandarin Chinese.

Town school

Town School for Boys - an independent school based in San Francisco, founded in 1939

The Town School - a coeducational, independent school based in New York City, founded in 1913

Trent School

Trent College, an independent school in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

WAPS

Winona Area Public Schools, a school district in Minnesota also known as Independent School District 861

Weimar, Texas

The Weimar Independent School District consists of a kindergarten, an elementary school, a junior high school, and a high school.

Whalley Range, Manchester

St Bede's College, Manchester (on Alexandra Road South), a Roman Catholic independent school, was originally built as an aquarium but this was not a commercial success.