comprehensive school
All-abilities academy
A comprehensive school is a British secondary school that admits students of all abilities, without entrance exams or selection criteria.
The term distinguishes these schools from grammar schools, which select students based on academic testing.
Most British state schools are comprehensive: She attended the local comprehensive.
Paid for by government
- public educationCommunal, tax-funded schooling
- non-selectiveWithout particular preference
- coeducationTeaching all genders together
- secondaryLesser in rank
K-12 · compulsory education · education system · board of education · curriculum · standardized tests · education policy · educational standards
Those receiving instruction
- teachersThose who instruct students
- parentsMother and father
- principalChief school administrator
- PTAFamily-faculty advocacy group
assembly · cafeteria · playground · classroom · lockers · schoolyard · busing · volunteers
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- integrationCombining into a whole
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
- representationDepiction or likeness
equity · coeducation · intercultural · multilingual · unstreamed
Atypical developmental or learning conditions
- mainstreamingIncluding in standard settings
- assistive technologyDisability-compensating devices and software
- peer supportAid from similar others
- accommodationsPlaces providing temporary residence
barrier-free · universal design · learning support · accessibility · setting · banding · pastoral care · educational psychologist
state-funded
Paid for by government
- public educationCommunal, tax-funded schooling
- non-selectiveWithout particular preference
- coeducationTeaching all genders together
secondary · K-12 · compulsory education · education system · board of education · curriculum · standardized tests · education policy · educational standards · academic year
students
Those receiving instruction
PTA · assembly · cafeteria · playground · classroom · lockers · schoolyard · busing · volunteers · district
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- integrationCombining into a whole
- inclusivityPractice of welcoming all
representation · equity · coeducation · intercultural · multilingual · unstreamed
special needs
Atypical developmental or learning conditions
- mainstreamingIncluding in standard settings
- assistive technologyDisability-compensating devices and software
- peer supportAid from similar others
accommodations · barrier-free · universal design · learning support · accessibility · setting · banding · pastoral care · educational psychologist · support staff
- educationeducation, schools, teachers, students, learning
- British SchoolsEton, Rugby, Winchester, Westminster, St. Paul's
- UK Schoolsprimary schools, secondary schools, grammar schools, state schools, independent schools
- high schoolteachers, classroom, classrooms, principal, principals
- schoolscollege, academy, university, preschool, kindergarten
- boarding schoolsboarding house, dormitory, dormitories, dorm, dorm room
comprehensive schoolgrammar school
Elementary educational institution
selective school · magnet school · elite school · lycée · preparatory school
comprehensive schoolprivate school
Tuition-funded educational institution
independent school · public school · Eton · Winchester · boarding school
comprehensive schoolvocational school
Job-skills training institution
technical school · trade school · academy · conservatory · art school
school, schooling, schooled, comprehensive, schooler, comprehensively, schoolmaster, schoolers, comprehensiveness