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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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“Everything doesn’t really fit together looking at the official numbers,” said Rosen, who published a comprehensive study on the reliability of Chinese economic statistics in 2015, which found that Beijing had undercounted its growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

It added that it had "opened direct channels of communication" with Jordanian officials and had launched "comprehensive investigations to establish the full circumstances of the targeting".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

One of the most comprehensive studies of California’s multibillion-dollar investment in early education programs offers evidence that the funding is paying off in academic achievement years later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The scientists are now urging more comprehensive investigations of cave ecosystems throughout China to uncover additional species and better understand these fragile underground habitats.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

I don’t know how to put all of what we’ve seen and done together into one comprehensive something that will make sense to anyone but me.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

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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