Definitions for grammar school
gram·mar school

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1. grammar schoolnoun

   a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college

2. grade school, grammar school, elementary school, primary schoolnoun

   a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades

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1. grammar schoolnoun

   A school that teaches its pupils the grammar system of a European language, especially Latin and Greek.

2. grammar schoolnoun

   A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination.

3. grammar schoolnoun

   Elementary school.

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1. Grammar Schoolnoun

   A school in which the learned languages are grammatically taught.

   Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   The ordinary way of learning Latin in a grammar school I cannot encourage. John Locke.

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1. Grammar school

   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 recently an academically-oriented secondary school, differentiated in recent years from less academic secondary modern schools. The main difference being that a Grammar School may select pupils based on academic achievement whereas a Secondary Modern may not. The original purpose of medieval grammar schools was the teaching of Latin. Over time the curriculum was broadened, first to include Ancient Greek, and later English and other European languages, natural sciences, mathematics, history, geography, and other subjects. In the late Victorian era grammar schools were reorganised to provide secondary education throughout England and Wales; Scotland had developed a different system. Grammar schools of these types were also established in British territories overseas, where they have evolved in different ways. Grammar schools became the selective tier of the Tripartite System of state-funded secondary education operating in England and Wales from the mid-1940s to the late 1960s and continuing in Northern Ireland. With the move to non-selective comprehensive schools in the 1960s and 1970s, some grammar schools became fully independent private schools and charged fees, while most others were abolished or became comprehensive (or sometimes merged with a secondary modern to form a new comprehensive school). In both cases, many of these schools kept "grammar school" in their names. More recently, a number of state grammar schools still retaining their selective intake gained academy status, meaning that they are independent of the Local Education Authority (LEA). Some parts of England retain forms of the Tripartite System, and a few grammar schools survive in otherwise comprehensive areas. Some of the remaining grammar schools can trace their histories to before the 16th century.

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1. Grammar school

   A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school. The original purpose of mediaeval grammar schools was the teaching of Latin. Over time the curriculum was broadened, first to include Ancient Greek, and later English and other European languages, natural sciences, mathematics, history, geography, and other subjects. In the late Victorian era grammar schools were reorganised to provide secondary education throughout England and Wales; Scotland had developed a different system. Grammar schools of these types were also established in British territories overseas, where they have evolved in different ways. Grammar schools became the selective tier of the Tripartite System of state-funded secondary education operating in England and Wales from the mid-1940s to the late 1960s and continuing in Northern Ireland. With the move to non-selective comprehensive schools in the 1960s and 1970s, some grammar schools became fully independent and charged fees, while most others were abolished or became comprehensive. In both cases, many of these schools kept "grammar school" in their names. Some parts of England retain forms of the Tripartite System, and a few grammar schools survive in otherwise comprehensive areas. Some of the remaining grammar schools can trace their histories to before the 16th century.

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   The numerical value of grammar school in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of grammar school in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of grammar school in a Sentence

1. Isaac Goldberg:

   Grammar school never taught me anything about grammar.

2. Barbara Milano Keenan:

   We're a school of choice. We're classical in our curriculum and very traditional. I believe that the more of the traditional things you have in place, the more they tend to reinforce each other, we want boys to be boys and girls to be girls and have mutual respect for each other. We want boys to carry the umbrella for girls and open doors for them ... and we want to start teaching that in grammar school.

3. John Furjanic:

   In my humble opinion, any father who doesn't take their young daughters to watch women's sports (at all levels -- grammar school through pro) is missing a chance to expose their children to the opportunities that await them, long term, parents taking kids to women's games and women's teams promoting themselves in schools has to be helpful to establishing widespread popularity, generations at a time.

4. Daniel Golden:

   Seeing these people out here that he went to high school, grammar school, served on the Police Department with, it was so uplifting for him. It's incredible.