secondary school
Americannoun
noun
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- secondary-school adjective
Etymology
Origin of secondary school
First recorded in 1825–35
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Nine in 10 pupils have been offered their first choice secondary school for September, a council said.
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Detectives said, about 30 minutes after setting off, the girls had spoken to the caretaker of Soham Village College - the local secondary school - outside his home.
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At the time of the killings, he had been caretaker at Soham Village College, the local state secondary school.
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"The idea that children who have received a certain level of support throughout primary school and their early years could then have that support reduced or removed during secondary school is deeply concerning," she says.
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But she said councils only have powers to force some schools to take children on, and those powers do not extend to academies - which make up 82% of all secondary schools in the UK.
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