secondary technical school
(UK, historical) A kind of secondary school in England and Wales in the mid-20th century under the tripartite system, teaching mechanical, scientific and engineering skills to serve industry and scien
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(UK, historical) A kind of secondary school in England and Wales in the mid-20th century under the tripartite system, teaching mechanical, scientific and engineering skills to serve industry and science.
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(British, somewhat, _, dated) a type of school, for pupils who had failed the 11-plus examination, that concentrated on practical and vocational rather than academic subjects.
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(UK) A state-funded all-ability secondary school that charges no fees but is independent of local authority control, being overseen directly by the Department for Education. They mainly specialise in science and technology.
- senior school63%
(schools, UK) A secondary school.
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(schools, British) In the UK, from 1944 to the 1970s, a secondary school for children who had failed the eleven plus examination.
- tripartite system62%
(UK, Ireland, education, historical) The division of state-funded secondary education into three types of school: grammar school, secondary technical school, and secondary modern school; used between 1945 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland. Performance in the 11-plus examination determined which type of school a student would attend.