COMPREHENSIVESCHOOL

Comprehensive school

A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to England and Wales, where comprehensive schools were introduced in 1965. About 90% of British pupils attend comprehensive schools. Comprehensive schools correspond broadly to the German Gesamtschule and to the high school in the United States and Canada.

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comprehensive school

Noun

  1. a normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools


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