Comprehensive school
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A comprehensive school is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18 that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is as opposed to a selective school,
Chulmleigh College, Devon, is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school with academy status.
Haverstock School is a coeducational comprehensive school with sixth-form in North London.
Silverdale School is a coeducational comprehensive school with sixth form in Sheffield with academy status. Established as a secondary modern in 1957 and converted to comprehensive in 1969.
Manchester Academy is a coeducational comprehensive school with academy status in Greater Manchester.
Selective school
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A selective school is a school that admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems and is the opposite
Comprehensive school
…secondary school for pupils aged 11–16 or 11–18 that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is as opposed to a selective school, where admission is based on criteria such as academic performance. The term is commonly used in relation to England and Wales, where comprehensive…
Selective school (Gymnasium) in Germany.