Gymnasium is a term in various European languages for a secondary school that prepares students for higher education at a university. It is comparable to the US English term preparatory high school or
Gymnasium Paulinum in Münster, Germany, considered the oldest school in Germany, founded in AD 797
Stiftsgymnasium Melk, the oldest continuously operating school in Austria
Evangelical Seminaries of Maulbronn and Blaubeuren – picture showing church and courtyard
Chemistry lesson, Bonn, West Germany, 1988
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recent
Gymnasium (school)
…school) that prepares students for higher education at a university. It is comparable to the US English term preparatory high school or the British term grammar school (although unlike its continental counterparts, the modern UK grammar school is a localized niche rather than the primary route to higher education…
Henrietta Barnett School is a grammar school for girls with academy status.
Norman staircase at King's School, Canterbury (founded 597)
Old Grammar School, Market Harborough, Leicestershire (1614)
Frances Buss, founding head of North London Collegiate School (1850)