As we all know, as everysixth-formerknows, it has two different meanings in our language.
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We now realise that the teaching of the average and under-average requires much greater skill than the teaching of the brilliantsixth-former.
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The direct grant is £36 per pupil, with an extra £40 for eachsixth-former.
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What happens to thesixth-formermay be rather sad.
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We are taking steps to break down the mistaken belief that if asixth-formeror a graduate joins the police, he will not be making full use of his education.
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In the second year of sixth-form, uppersixth-formerstudents can drop one of their chosen subjects, reducing their timetable to three lessons a day, with two free periods.
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