secondary school
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Origin of secondary school
First recorded in 1825–35
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Both of the children currently enrolled at Ysgol Y Garreg in Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, are due to move to secondary school in September.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
Eva, another 17-year-old student at Notre Dame, remembers a time at her secondary school when teachers would check the length of skirts.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026
Mum Katie Hutt, 46, is hoping Yann will be in remission by the time he is in secondary school after enrolling on an allergy elimination programme in California, which costs them £30,000 a year.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
Ma Naw Phaw had just started secondary school when Myanmar's military overthrew the democratically elected government in February 2021.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
When he was thirteen, he’d moved to Tilburg, a town about thirty miles northeast of Zundert, to attend the public King Willem II secondary school.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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