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secondary modern school

secondary modern school noun: a type of school, for pupils who had failed the 11-plus examination, that concentrated on practical and vocational rather than academic subjects.

Noun

secondary modern school (plural secondary modern schools)

  1. (UK, dated) a type of school, for pupils who had failed the 11-plus examination, that concentrated on practical and vocational rather than academic subjects

Forms of secondary modern school

pluralsecondary modern schools

Questions about secondary modern school

What does secondary modern school mean?
Secondary modern school means a type of school, for pupils who had failed the 11-plus examination, that concentrated on practical and vocational rather than academic subjects.
What part of speech is secondary modern school?
Secondary modern school is a noun.
What is the plural of secondary modern school?
The plural of secondary modern school is secondary modern schools.

Words near secondary modern school in the dictionary

  1. secondary markets
  2. secondary memory
  3. secondary metabolite
  4. secondary metabolites
  5. secondary modern
  6. secondary modern school
  7. secondary modern schools
  8. secondary moderns
  9. secondary phosphine
  10. secondary phosphines
  11. secondary planet

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