secondary school
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Origin of secondary school
First recorded in 1825–35
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Roughly one in 10 teenagers now attends a secondary school operated by AcadeMedia, which is listed on the Stockholm stock exchange.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Her daughter Jennifer walks to her secondary school.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The secondary school was briefly placed on lockdown before the pursuit continued.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Members also voted to pass an amendment to the motion at the conference, which called for the union to survey secondary school members to see whether they would be willing to boycott the tests.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
He’d dropped out of secondary school, and manual labour would be his punishment, though I had a feeling it would do him good to get out of his parents’ flat and work.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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