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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She said it would take Owen two hours to walk from their home to Mountain Ash comprehensive school.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024
Mr Justice Cavanagh, who is overseeing the trial, heard that in November 2022, a two-day Ofsted inspection had taken place at the secondary comprehensive school with 655 pupils.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2024
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 Holland we owe the idea of a declaration of independence, of a written constitution, of religious toleration, and of a comprehensive school system supported by taxation.
From Early European History by Webster, Hutton
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