secondary modern school

noun

1. (formerly) a secondary school offering a more technical or practical and less academic education than a grammar school

Example Sentences

I pleaded and begged and got moved to a secondary modern school and it was the best thing that had happened to me.

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Back in the north-east, Scott went to a secondary modern school.

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Emily grew up on a council estate in Guildford and attended the local secondary modern school, after failing her 11-plus exams.

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Under the grammar school system, pupils who pass the exam can go to the local grammar school, while pupils who do not go to the local "secondary modern school".

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His prowess as a sprinter at Dudden Hill secondary modern school earned him the nickname Jet.

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