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secondary modern school

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From BBC Jun. 20, 2023

The boy who went to a secondary modern school in Southend was now the 98th Archbishop of York.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2021

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

From The Guardian May 7, 2017

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

From The Guardian Mar. 18, 2011

Quaife met his fellow guitarists, Ray and Dave Davies, at William Grimshaw secondary modern school in Muswell Hill, north London, where his family had moved after he was born in Tavistock, Devon.

From The Guardian Jun. 25, 2010

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