Harrogate Tutorial College
Harrogate Tutorial College in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England was a small co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private school. HTC specialised in preparing students for university and teaches GCSE and Advanced Level (UK), A-level qualifications in tutorial classes. The college's admissions policy and style of teaching made it a popular choice among pupils of British Independent school (United Kingdom), public schools who had not met the often restrictive academic requirements of their schools to proceed to A-level. Attracting many overseas students wishing to enrol at British universities, the college also provided English language courses which were often taught in combination with academic subjects. Special preparation was offered to University of Oxford, Oxford and University of Cambridge, Cambridge applicants and 90% of HTC students secured places at university. The college was a member of CIFE – the Council for Independent Education, CIFE and was insp ...
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Private Schools In The United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, private schools or independent schools are fee-charging schools, some endowed and governed by a board of governors and some in private ownership. They are independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools. For example, pupils do not have to follow the National Curriculum, although, some schools do. Historically the term 'private school' referred to a school in private ownership, in contrast to an endowed school subject to a trust or of charitable status. Many of the older independent schools catering for the 12–18 age range in England and Wales are known as public schools, seven of which were the subject of the Public Schools Act 1868. The term "public school" derived from the fact that they were then open to pupils regardless of where they lived or their religion (while in the United States and most other English-speaking countries "public school" refers to a publicly-funded state school). Prep (preparatory) schoo ...
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