Education
See also: List of schools in SurreySurrey has a comprehensive education system with 37 state secondary schools, 17 Academies, 7 sixth form colleges and 55 state primaries. There are 41 independent schools, including Charterhouse, which along with Eton College and Harrow School was one of the nine major independent schools mentioned in the Public Schools Act 1868, and the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. Most secondary schools in Surrey have sixth forms although Reigate, Esher, Egham, Spelthorne, Woking and Waverley districts tend to have separate sixth form colleges.
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