Secondary Modern School (Noun)
Meaning
A former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- I attended a secondary modern school and learned skills that have served me well in my career as a carpenter.
- My father was a bit disappointed that I didn't get into the grammar school, but I thrived in the more hands-on environment of my secondary modern school.
- She took the place at a new secondary modern school being set up specifically to give its pupils strong commercial training for boys likely to have fewer years of schooling than they later came to have.
- Her secondary modern school placed a strong emphasis on cooking and needlework for girls.
- A small proportion of students who achieve particularly high grades at their secondary modern school may be considered for external exams at the local grammar school.