The phrase "a private academy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an educational institution that operates independently and is not funded by the government.
Example: "She decided to enroll her children in a private academy to provide them with a more tailored educational experience."
Alternatives: "an independent school" or "a private school".
Ms. Goodman is the founder and former leader of the Meadows School, a private academy.
Founded in 1743 as a private academy, it received its state charter in 1833.
Pearl now attends the Hayground School, a private academy in Bridgehampton.
Unlike many top players, she never left to attend a private academy or board in a French training center.
At 17, he returned to the States – to Florida – where he trained at a private academy for a year.
Although he didn't mention this to me — Williamson, his assistant, did — Arcangel was a star lacrosse goalie at the Nichols School, a private academy in Buffalo.
His mother married Robert Gore, whose family founded W. L. Gore & Associates, makers of Gore-Tex fabric, and Mr. Coons went to high school at Tower Hill, a prestigious private academy where he ran cross-country, wrestled and "read a lot of books," said Charles Chesnut, a close friend since elementary school.
To hear Ms. Karopkin describe her job, one might think she is the headmaster of an elite private academy instead of a Title I "high poverty" school with 400 students.
I have recently talked with several teacher friends, both from state schools and, in one case, a posh private academy.
He studied under Dame Prentiss and William Bigelow before enrolling in what was called the "Port School", a select private academy in the Cambridgeport settlement.
Instead, Holmes, who has primary custody of Suri, enrolled her daughter in a posh private academy, Avenues, in Chelsea, where she started on September 11.
