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In Britain, a comprehensive school is what type of institution?

comprehensive

[kom-pri-hen-siv] / ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪv /


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This kind of persistent, comprehensive and unchecked behavior can persist only in the absence of accountability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The 10-time English champions, who continue to deny any wrongdoing, said Friday they had lodged a "comprehensive appeal" the previous evening.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

After Cohen’s election, her office found itself in a public dispute over the state’s annual comprehensive financial report, a summary of California’s spending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He said: "We will rebuild a system of comprehensive education in this country, with parity between academic and technical."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

But he assured them that no test ban would be accepted without a comprehensive agreement on disarmament.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Look, CSU and all regional comprehensives in this country have a budget problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

According to Ofqual figures, in 2019 there was a 24 percentage point gap between independent schools and comprehensives in A* and A grades at A-level - this year it has risen to 31 percentage points.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2021

From BASIS’s first year in 1996-1997, students who failed the comprehensives had to retake them.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2019

Then, in the mid-1960s, the Labour government sped up their conversion into comprehensives.

From Economist ● Aug. 11, 2016

Katharine Birbalsingh has taught in London comprehensives for over 10 years and this diary of a typical year in one of those schools will confirm every parent's worst fears.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2011




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