Swanshurst School is a

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and

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for girls aged 11 to 19 years, located in

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, England. It is a community school administered by

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. Swanshurst offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of

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s and further BTECs.

References

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