comprehensive school
noun[C]
UKuk/kɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv ˌskuːl/us/kɑːm.prɪˈhen.sɪv ˌskuːl/aschoolin the UK forchildrenof allabilitiesabove theageof eleven, that ispaidfor by thestate:
Herchildrenwent to thelocalcomprehensiveschool.
Types of school
- boarding school
- business school
- charter school
- coeducational
- comp
- comprehensive
- conservatory
- elementary school
- grade school
- gymnasium
- junior
- lycée
- reformatory
- secondary school
- selective
- senior high school
- single-sex
- special school
- superschool
- varsity