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grammar school

1. Brit (esp formerly) a state-maintained secondary school providing an education with an academic bias for children who are selected by the eleven-plus examination, teachers' reports, or other means
2. US another term for elementary school
3. NZ a secondary school forming part of the public education system
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Kathy Crewe-Read, Head of Wolverhampton Grammar School, said "Congratulations to all our Year 11 students collecting results this week.
Pupils celebrating success as results revealed
Chief Ayo Labiyi competently and innovatively built on superb work of our father - Arch Deacon Oladipo Alayande at Ibadan Grammar school. Uncle Ayo's assignment as the principal of Ibadan Grammar School was home coming.
Chief Ayo Labiyi Was A Principled Principal
Pupils are slightly better in maths than Slovak language, tests showed.Ninth-graders and their peers from eight-year grammar schools are slightly better in maths than in the Slovak language.
Primary vs. grammar schools: Which pupils scored better in testing?
However, its neighbour, Altrincham Grammar School for Boys has scooped The Sunday Times Northwest State Secondary School of the Year title.
Grammar schools are at the top of the class
Commemorating the 58 Loughborough Grammar School boys who fell in the First World War, the installation combines 15 mechanical poppies which are engineered to open and close when people hover to read the plaques detailing some of the former pupils who lost their lives.
Foundation schools gather to remember; Thousands across the area marked last weekend's 100th anniversary of the end of World War One with a series of touching events
These include Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls, Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, King, Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys, King Edward VI Handsworth School, King Edward VI Five Ways School, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys and King Edward VI Aston School.
Grammars continue to under-serve deprived pupils
A PASSIONATE German teacher from Hipperholme Grammar School has won a national award.
Teacher wins national award
BIRMINGHAM'S Labour education bosses have been accused of turning their back on a windfall for grammar school education in the city.
Chiefs under fire over grammar cash 'snub'
The Government is encouraging councils to make bids to a [pounds sterling]200 million grammar school fund.
Birmingham turns its back on cash for grammar school expansion; Labour bosses say grammar schools reduce social mobility and widen achievement gap
Two teachers' alleged X-rated romp in a classroom was caught on camera - and a grammar school has been forced to deny any connection to it.
School denies any involvement in X-rated classroom romp as two teachers are caught on camera being extremely naughty; A clip widely shared online allegedly shows two teachers engaging in sex acts in a classroom - and a school in Co Antrim, Belfast, has been forced to deny it was filmed on site
Just 3% of grammar school kids are on free school meals - compared with almost 15% in nongrammar schools.
National scandal of grammar schools is revealed at last
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