grammar schools
Exam-entry public schools
Grammar schools are publicly funded secondary schools in England that select students by academic ability, typically through an entrance exam at age eleven.
The term originally referred to schools teaching Latin grammar.
In American usage, grammar school is an old-fashioned term for elementary school: I walked to grammar school every morning.
Ancient Roman language
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- classicsWorks of lasting value
- blazersSemiformal lightweight jackets
- uniformsStandardized institutional clothing
ties · prefects · headmaster · headmistress · house system · assembly · chapel · elocution
Educational program's content plan
- sixth formPost-GCSE study years
- GCSEsUK secondary school exams
- sciencesOrganized bodies of knowledge
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
humanities · literature · languages · Oxbridge · scholarship · intellectual · rigorous · academic achievement
Test for acceptance
- admissionsActs of letting in
- selection processMethod for choosing among candidates
- catchmentArea collecting water runoff
- aptitudeInnate capability
streaming · meritocracy · competition · merit-based · cognitive ability · eligibility · oversubscribed · appeals
Paid for by government
- maintainedKept in condition
- selective schoolsAcademies requiring admission criteria
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
- local authorityRegional governing body
governors · catchment area · faith schools · single-sex · coeducational · intake · admissions policy · Kent
Latin
Ancient Roman language
uniforms · ties · prefects · headmaster · headmistress · house system · assembly · chapel · elocution · debate
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- sixth formPost-GCSE study years
- GCSEsUK secondary school exams
- sciencesOrganized bodies of knowledge
mathematics · humanities · literature · languages · Oxbridge · scholarship · intellectual · rigorous · academic achievement · league tables
entrance exam
Test for acceptance
- admissionsActs of letting in
- selection processMethod for choosing among candidates
- catchmentArea collecting water runoff
aptitude · streaming · meritocracy · competition · merit-based · cognitive ability · eligibility · oversubscribed · appeals · tutoring
state-funded
Paid for by government
- maintainedKept in condition
- selective schoolsAcademies requiring admission criteria
- comprehensiveIncluding all elements
local authority · governors · catchment area · faith schools · single-sex · coeducational · intake · admissions policy · Kent · Buckinghamshire
- Ancient SchoolsLyceum, Plato's Academy, academies, Confucian academies, agoge
- educationeducation, schools, teachers, students, learning
- schoolingprimary schools, kindergarten, preschool, K-12, college
- British educationcomprehensive schools, state schools, primary education, secondary education, private schools
- African schoolsprimary schools, secondary schools, high schools, government schools, boarding schools
- classical educationclassical education, Latin, logic, trivium, rhetoric
grammar schoolscomprehensive schools
Schools admitting all students regardless of ability
grammar schoolsprivate schools
Tuition-charging educational institutions
public schools · independent schools · prep schools · boarding schools
grammar schoolsvocational schools
Institutions teaching practical job skills
technical schools · trade schools · apprenticeship programs · polytechnics · technical colleges
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