comprehensive school
Americannoun
noun
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a secondary school for children of all abilities from the same district
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another name for composite school
Etymology
Origin of comprehensive school
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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After attending a central London comprehensive school, he read history at Cambridge, becoming the first in his family to go to university.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
One school was a mixed grammar school in a predominantly white, middle-class rural area and another was a mixed comprehensive school in a predominantly white, working-class urban area.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
Carvalho has yet to present his comprehensive school safety plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
“To have comprehensive school security with 100% weapons detection essentially requires a TSA-style agency that would cost hundreds of billions of dollars to implement across the country. And that’s not viable.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
Coming generations, so long as time lasts, will owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Ryerson, as the only real founder of a comprehensive school system in Ontario.
From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by J. George (John George) Hodgins
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