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SUSSEX BUSINESS TIMES
BEXHILL COLLEGE: GETTING THE GRADE EDUCATION IS WHAT MAKES A GOOD STUDENT OUTSTANDNG. BEXHILL COLLEGE’S PRINCIPAL, KAREN HUCKER TELLS SBT ABOUT THE COLLEGE’S EXCEPTIONAL POST 16 EDUCATION
SERVING THE SUSSEX BUSINESS COMMUNITY SINCE 1975
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