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<div align="center"><font color="#000000">Outstanding private education in Central London</font></div>
							
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000">Small classes, giving individual attention and maximising each student's potential.</font></div>
							
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<div align="left"><font color="#006400">"When we took our son out of the state school system, and taught him at home for a year, we could not envisage him even sitting his GCSEs. He is now taking A-levels with predicted A grades and has been accepted at Sussex University. This is a massive achievement for him and a huge credit to Bales College." Wendy Hutt, mother of David.</font></div>
							
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<div><font size="2">Welcome to Bales College, a co-educational <em>Independent Day and Boarding School and Sixth Form College, </em>situated in a quiet, leafy campus in central west London (City of Westminster). Founded in 1966, Bales is one of the older established of London's independent colleges. We welcome students of all nationalities and faiths into a dynamic and caring environment</font></div>

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<div align="center"><strong><font color="#800000" size="2">** Taster Days for Year 7 entry in 2010 - Few Remaining Places on Thursday 18th of March 2010. By arrangement only with the Principal. Please call 020 8960 5899 now **</font></strong></div>

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<div><font size="3"><u><strong>Structure of Bales College</strong></u></font></div>

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<div><font size="2">Essentially the College is divided by age groups into:</font></div>

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<div align="center"><strong> </strong><a href="http://www.balescollege.co.uk/Content/6th_form.asp"><font size="2"><strong>Sixth Form College</strong></font></a><font size="1"><strong> (click for more information)</strong></font></div>
					
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<div align="left"><font size="2">Run independently of the School, the Sixth Form College accepts students from all educational backgrounds who meet our entrance requirements of 5 A*-C grades at GCSE, or equivalent.</font></div>
					
<div align="left"><font size="2">Students enrol at age 16 or 17 for entry into Year 12 and embark upon a two-year programme, at the end of which final GCE Advanced Level examinations are taken. AS level examinations are taken at the end of the first year.</font></div>
					
<div align="left"><font size="2">Students also come to us to <font color="#800000"><strong>improve their A-Level grades over one year</strong></font>, to enter into their first choice university. With 40 years' experience in teaching retakes, we often find that students exceed their own expectations!</font></div></td>
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<h2 align="center"><font size="3"> </font><a href="http://www.balescollege.co.uk/Content/school.asp"><font size="2">Independent School</font></a><font size="2"> </font><font size="1">(click for more information)</font></h2>
					
<div><font size="2">Year 7 is typically the starting point for students at Bales, although we do enrol students in Years 8, 9, 10 and 11 subject to availability of vacancies. All students follow a detailed and carefully planned study programme leading to GCSE examinations at age 16.</font></div></td>
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<div><font size="2">Please take a look around the site to get a feel for what we can offer. Should you wish to arrange a visit to see Bales College, please </font><a href="http://www.balescollege.co.uk/Content/contact_us.asp"><font size="2">contact us </font></a><font size="2">at any time.</font></div>
																					
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<div align="center"><font size="1"> <a href="http://www.balescollege.co.uk/Content/info.asp">Info</a>  </font><a href="http://www.balescollege.co.uk/Content/contact_us.asp"><font size="1">Contact us</font></a><font size="1">  </font><a href="http://www.balescollege.co.uk/Content/news.asp"><font size="1">News</font></a><font size="1">  </font><a href="http://www.balescollege.co.uk/Content/school.asp"><font size="1">Secondary School</font></a><font size="1">  <a href="http://www.balescollege.co.uk/Content/6th_form.asp">Sixth Form College</a>  </font><a href="http://www.balescollege.co.uk/Content/boardings.asp"><font size="1">Boarding</font></a><font size="1">  </font><a href="http://www.balescollege.co.uk/Content/pastoral.asp"><font size="1">Pastoral</font></a></div></font></div><font size="1"></font>
																					
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