St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College is a

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sixth form college A sixth form college is an educational institution, where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A Levels, Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) and the International Baccalaureate ...

located in the

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, in

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, England. It was originally Cardinal Manning Boys School, founded in 1955 and became St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College in 1990 following a reorganisation of the Catholic education system within the

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. It is part of a cluster of Catholic institutions located at St Charles Square which includes

Sion Manning Roman Catholic Girls' School All Saints Catholic College is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school situated in the North Kensington area of London, England. It was formerly called Sion-Manning Catholic Girls' School until the change of name in September 2018 an ...

, St Charles Primary School, a church and a

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convent. The college offers a range of courses for students graduating from local schools in the surrounding area. These courses include

GCSE The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a particular subject, taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. Private sc ...

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s and BTECs.

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External links

St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College homepage
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